my %default_values = ( 'int' => '0',
                       'float' => '0.0',
                       'bool' => 'false' );
# Oooog:
my %structs = (
               'struct_name' =>
               [
                [ 'float', 'one', '0.0' ],
                [ 'float', 'two', '0.0' ],
                [ 'int', 'three', '0' ],
                [ 'bool', 'potato', 'false' ]
               ]
              );

# more stuff here, then when I am checking the variable type:

if (exists $default_values{$type}) {
    print $output "        verify(\"$short_var = $default_values{$type}\",\n";
    print $output "               $variable"."[i],\n";
    print $output "               ($type)$default_values{$type});\n";
}
elsif (exists $structs{$type}) {
    my $array_ref = $structs{$type};
    foreach my $object_ref (@{$array_ref}) {
        print $output "    verify(\"$short_var.@{$object_ref}[1] = @{$object_ref}[2]\",\n";
        print $output "           $variable.@{$object_ref}[1],\n";
        print $output "           (@{$object_ref}[0])@{$object_ref}[2]);\n";
    }
}