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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Need help with union trick: summary of replies
Message-ID: <14836@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 13 Jan 91 02:29:47 GMT
References: <28949@mimsy.umd.edu> <2885@cirrusl.UUCP> <1991Jan12.190021.16071@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
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In article <1991Jan12.190021.16071@nntp-server.caltech.edu> gceych@juliet.caltech.edu writes:
- struct {
-     variant_union {
- 	unsigned char ch;
- 	variant_struct {
- 	    unsigned one : 1;
- 	    unsigned two : 1;
- 	    ...
- 	    unsigned eig : 1;
- 	} superfluous;
-     } superfluous2;
-     int i, j, k, x, y, z;
- } mystructure;

Oh, gross.  If you use this highly nonstandard VMS C extension then
you'll have to overhaul your code when you port it to a different
environment.  It is much better to simply not use such unnecessary
vendor-specific extensions in the first place.