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Re: N3242 8.5.1/15 -- braced union declarations limited only to first member

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Should have been:

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I would like the compiler to determine the union member by its type
when possible.

struct SExample
{
    union {
        int i;
        float f;
    };
};

SExample myArray[] =
{
    { 10 }, // Initialized to i member as int
    { 3.14f } // Initialized to f member as float
};

Also, on conflicting types, such as 5 for int and
char, if the bytes they occupy would all map to
the same location in the union, the cast would
not be required.

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin


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N3242 8.5.1/15 -- braced union declarations limited only to first member rick.c.hodgin@googlemail.com - 2014-08-30 13:29 -0600
  Re: N3242 8.5.1/15 -- braced union declarations limited only to first member "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@googlemail.com> - 2014-09-16 21:01 -0600
    Re: N3242 8.5.1/15 -- braced union declarations limited only to first member Philip Guenther <guenther@googlemail.com> - 2014-09-17 19:29 -0600
      Re: N3242 8.5.1/15 -- braced union declarations limited only to first member "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@googlemail.com> - 2014-09-19 01:06 -0600
        Re: N3242 8.5.1/15 -- braced union declarations limited only to first member "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@googlemail.com> - 2014-09-20 01:37 -0600
          Re: N3242 8.5.1/15 -- braced union declarations limited only to first member Martin Bonner <martinfrompi@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-09-23 14:52 -0600
            Re: N3242 8.5.1/15 -- braced union declarations limited only to first member "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@googlemail.com> - 2014-09-24 16:30 -0600
      Re: N3242 8.5.1/15 -- braced union declarations limited only to first  member James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-09-19 01:06 -0600
      Re: N3242 8.5.1/15 -- braced union declarations limited only to first member Francis Glassborow <Francis.glassborow@btinternet.com> - 2014-09-19 01:06 -0600

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