Re: Union trouble

"Bartc" <bc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is there a way of using unions transparently, so that the union name doesn't
get in the way?

So:

union {int a,b;} u;

a=1;

instead of:

u.a=1;

No.

In particular when the union is inside a struct.

I believe Ganuck offers this as an extension, but it's not ISO C.

Richard
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