Re: Copying a struct to a larger struct?

"Barry Schwarz" <schwarzb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 27 Jul 2005 12:32:08 -0700, "hermes_917@xxxxxxxxx"
....
> There is no guarantee that the padding in the common part of the two
> structs is the same.

If my memory serves me, the standard gurantees that. But, I'd prefer to turn
that common part into a type used inside both structs. memcpy() will be able
to do bad things silently...

Alex


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