Union initialization

[T. William Wells]

In article <816 at atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu> hascall at atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall) writes:
:
:   Does 'ANSI' C allow for union initialization?

Yes, two ways:

1) Initializing via the first member:

union FOO {
	int     bar;
	char    *gak;
} Bletch = { 42 };

2) Initializing from a union of compatible type:

func()
{
	union FOO frab = Bletch;

Note the brace use: braces are required for the first way and
forbidden for the second.

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Bill
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