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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C89 "bug"
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:01:13 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-13, Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> wrote:
> unfortunately, this solution does not work if we have two objects.
>
> union U {
>         double d;
>         int i;
>   };
>
> union U u1 = { .d=2.2 };
> union U u2 = { .i=1   };

Idea: have several declarations of the union in different translation
units.

/* translation unit for u1 */
union U {
  double d;
  int i;
};
extern union U u1 = { 2.2 };

/* translation unit for u2 */
union U {
  int i;
  double d;
};
extern union U u2 = { 1 };

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