Re: I hate

Andrew Kohlsmith <[email protected]> writes:
> if structs and unions are no different to a compiler, then why are they 
> differently named?

It's like 'register'; it's a hint that the compiler is free to ignore
(or only partially obey) if it thinks it knows better.  You can be
sure that a struct's members *won't* overlap, but having a union's
members overlap in a particular manner isn't guaranteed.

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