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From: bart <bc@freeuk.com>
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Subject: Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:34:49 +0100
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On 10/04/2025 12:28, Keith Thompson wrote:
> 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

It stems from this, a reply from DB dated: "Tue, 8 Apr 2025 16:50:56 
+0200". (About half way down there is some quoted code of mine.)

It concerned two struct types in different translations units, which 
needed to be compatible for the test program to work corectly.

I said they were compatible enough. David said they were entirely 
compatible. Tim said "No they are not". Three different opinions.