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Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 23:49:01 +0200
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Subject: Re: [MiNT] anonymous structs and C99
From: Miro Kropacek <miro.kropacek@gmail.com>
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Hi,

That kind of syntax is a Microsoft extension ;-)
> You can use it along with -std=c99 if you add -fms-extensions
> Well, if you want to be standard compliant, it is not a good idea.

I agree, I don't like non-standard C code, too. VC++ drives me crazy, its C
compiler lacks C99 declarations in the middle of function body so I must
declare all variables at the beginning, awful. Funny that '//' comments are
ok. (yes I know I can compile it as C++ code but this isn't solution)


> Then you can use a.u.pointer1
> Of course, no cast is required !

Yes but it involves that 'u' everytime, it has no use for programmer since
it's dummy variable and only makes code worser to understand (but one could
say the same about this union trick / extension :)

Btw Mariusz: naming that union caused gcc to complain even in non-C99 mode,
the same error :)

Anyway, thank you for your help, it seems I must learn to live with that
additional union name...

-- 
MiKRO / Mystic Bytes
http://mikro.atari.org

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Hi,<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty=
le=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;=
 padding-left: 1ex;">That kind of syntax is a Microsoft extension ;-)<br>
You can use it along with -std=3Dc99 if you add -fms-extensions<br>
Well, if you want to be standard compliant, it is not a good idea.</blockqu=
ote><div>I agree, I don&#39;t like non-standard C code, too. VC++ drives me=
 crazy, its C compiler lacks C99 declarations in the middle of function bod=
y so I must declare all variables at the beginning, awful. Funny that &#39;=
//&#39; comments are ok. (yes I know I can compile it as C++ code but this =
isn&#39;t solution)<br>
=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid =
rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Then you=
 can use a.u.pointer1<br>
Of course, no cast is required !</blockquote>Yes but it involves that &#39;=
u&#39; everytime, it has no use for programmer since it&#39;s dummy variabl=
e and only makes code worser to understand (but one could say the same abou=
t this union trick / extension :)<br>
</div><br>Btw Mariusz: naming that union caused gcc to complain even in non=
-C99 mode, the same error :)<br><br>Anyway, thank you for your help, it see=
ms I must learn to live with that additional union name...<br><br>-- <br>
MiKRO / Mystic Bytes<br><a href=3D"http://mikro.atari.org">http://mikro.ata=
ri.org</a><br>

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