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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> [...]
>
>> Someone, not anyone but the all-knowing Tim, said:  "and those types
>> are not compatible, because the two struct tags are different."
>>
>> Do you agree with that?  Or is there something more to making two types
>> be incompatible?
>
> I don't recall the exact discussion and I wouldn't try to speak
> for Tim, but I suspect he was saying that the fact that the two
> struct tags are different is enough to know that the types are
> not compatible.  [...]

Considering the circumstances, rather than focusing on what I
(may have) meant, it seems better to focus on what is true,
whether I meant it or not.