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Re: next bug

To: Jim Wilson <wilson at cygnus dot com>
Subject: Re: next bug
From: Gabriel Dos Reis <Gabriel dot Dos-Reis at dptmaths dot ens-cachan dot fr>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 20:50:44 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: John Carr <jfc at MIT dot EDU>, drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper), egcs-bugs at cygnus dot com
References: <199804282225.SAA20158@contents-vnder-pressvre.MIT.EDU><199804291759.KAA28946@rtl.cygnus.com>

>>>>> ŤJimť, Jim Wilson <wilson@cygnus.com> wrote:

Jim> 	I think this is a violation of the ANSI/ISO alias rules:
Jim> Yes, but that isn't the most important concern here.  We have been telling
Jim> people to use this construct for years, so we have to make it work.  We have
Jim> no other choice.

Jim> Supporting this use of unions does not violate the ISO standard, so there is
Jim> no problem with supporting it.

Does it make generate less efficient code, i.e. does it prevent to
generate better code those ANIS/ISO conforming programs?

-- Gaby

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