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From: curry@hplred.HP.COM (Bo Curry)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Union element alignment query
Message-ID: <810001@hplred.HP.COM>
Date: 16 Nov 90 00:47:57 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
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A simple question for the wizards:

Assume I define

union {
   FOOTYPE	a[4];
   BARTYPE        b;
} combo;

Does the standard guarantee that (void *)(&combo.a[0]) == (void *)(&combo.b) ?

Thanks,

Bo Curry
curry@hplabs.hpl.hp.com