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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Must a NULL pointer be a 0 bit patte
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Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 18:53:05 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  5 18:53:05 1984
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> What is wrong with
> 
> 	union foo thing.member = {...};
> 
> ?  It is clear and unambiguous.

I could mumble about irregular syntax and lack of implementation experience,
but this particular suggestion doesn't sound bad.  It eliminates the problems
of trying to guess a member name from a (possibly incomplete) indication of
type, and I don't *think* it would break anything.  The remaining questions
are (a) is it needed badly enough to bother?, and (b) can the ANSI folks be
convinced of this?  [Note that convincing me doesn't help; despite my habit
of taking the committee's side, I'm not a member of it.]
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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