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Re: Unnamed UNION and STRUCT members
Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Branko Cibej <branko.cibej@hermes.si> writes:
>
> |> "Pavel Pisa;research student" wrote:
> |>
> |> [unnamed union in struct example]
> |>
> |> > It seems to be M$ extension to C to allow unnamed members
> |> > in structs and unions and members of these unnamed members
> |> > can be accessed by its name in name space of containing structure
> |> > or union.
> |>
> |> It is an M$ extension, but AFAIK it's also defined in C9X, so egcs
> |> should definitely know about it.
>
> No. The latest C9X draft does not mention unnamed unions. This must have
> been added only very recently, which is very unlikely.
Huh. I was sure I'd read about it somewhere; perhaps I got mixed up about
unnamed unions, zero-sized arrays, etc. ad nauseam.
My apologies.
Brane
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