>> "However, if you overlay one variable with another smaller variable,
>> that portion of the initial variable is retained that is not overlaid.
>> Depending on the application, the retained portion of an overlaid variable
>> may or may not contain meaningful data and can be utilized at a later
>>
:
> On Mar 6 2013, Russell Brennan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Ouch.
>>>
>>> This seems to be at odds with C's unions, where it is not allowed to do
>>> type punning.
>>
>>
>> As of gcc 4.4.6, the description above seems to
e union type. So, the code above will work as
expected.
"""
I'll leave interpretation about the implications of this to the experts.
v/r,
Russell
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Russell Brennan
wrote:
> Perhaps I misunderstand how you are defining failure here... what
>
