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

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On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 7:10:03 PM UTC-7, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> On Saturday, August 30, 2014 2:30:01 PM UTC-4, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > Taken from:
> > http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2011/n3242.pdf
> >
> > ----------
> > 8.5.1 / 15 When a union is initialized with a brace-enclosed initializer,
> > the braces shall only contain an initializer-clause for the first non-
> > static data member of the union.
> >
> > [ Example:
> > union u { int a; const char* b; };
> > u a = { 1 };
> > u b = a;
> > u c = 1; // error
> > u d = { 0, "asdf" }; // error
> > u e = { "asdf" }; // error
> > --end example ]
> > ----------
>
>
> If no one objects, I propose this limitation be removed and replaced
> with an allowance for compile-time initializer clauses to any union
> member.

Don't C99 designated initializers solve this problem?


Philip Guenther


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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
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