Handling of untagged structures by the C compiler

[Larry Jones]

In article <879 at gtenmc.UUCP>, ravim at gtenmc.UUCP (Ravi K Mandava ( Vox Populi )) writes:
>    It appears that for every untagged structure declaration/typecast, the
>    compiler generates a unique tag internally and does not bother to
>    check for equivalence of the previously encountered structures.

Exactly.  That is how C is supposed to work according to the ANSI standard.
If you want identical structures you have to use a tag or a typedef.
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