Re: Data structures question

Shwetabh wrote on 26/07/05 : 
My question is, why are data structures implemented only with struct
data type?
Why not union when it is more efficient as compared with structures?

I don't see what you meant. Just implement the data structures in the way that seems to be the best for your application. If you want an union, 'just do it'...


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