I think an anon union or struct ought to work at top level or in any block.
It's nice for data layout, to reduce cache footprint, page faults, etc.

Here is a silly example:

union {
  int i;
  float f;
};
int foo(arg){
  f = arg;
  return i;
}


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           Summary: anon union/struct at top level
           Product: gcc
           Version: unknown
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: acahalan at gmail dot com


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26370

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