Why is intermediate var used to set the struct member?

[carlwryker]

In the user interface example, why is an intermediate variable used to set the struct member device?

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struct SAppContext
{
    IrrlichtDevice *device;
   /* stuff  */
};
 
 
/* stuff */
 
IrrlichtDevice * device = createDevice(driverType, core::dimension2d<u32>(640, 480));
 
/* stuff */
 
SAppContext context;
context.device = device;
 

Is there a reason why the struct member isn't used directly like this, so, whenever we need to access the device, we just use context.device instead of device?

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SAppContext context;
 
/* stuff */
 
context.device = createDevice(driverType, core::dimension2d<u32>(640, 480));
 

[CuteAlien]

I guess no real reason. Could as well create the SAppContext earlier and directly set context.device in it.

[carlwryker]

Thank you!