Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 22:29:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Charles Youse <cyouse@artemis.syncom.net> Cc: Nicolas Souchu <Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: C and static initialization with unions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808042224380.409-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980804232610.17500A-100000@artemis.syncom.net>
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On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Charles Youse wrote: > > > On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > Read my original post, where I said that it wasn't portable, but it's > > _not_ forbidden! There's a difference, guys! > > Oh yeah?!? Oh yeah?!? Well... urm.. uh... pull my finger! }:> > > I missed that part of your post. My apologies . . . I think I'm unclear here. I said it was non-portable, I didn't say it was forbidden (Thomas added that, which I disputed). I _think_ the standard says it's not defined, but all I have to go on here is H&S, which I like a lot better than K&R. >From Thomas' viewpoint, where he's writing software destined for multiple platforms, it's very easy to see his point of view, which I think is non-portable == forbidden. My point of view was writing one-off custom controllers, where anything that works and is debuggable is just fine. > > Chuck > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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