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Re: unions

From Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: unions
Date 2011-06-04 06:13 +0000
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On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:04:35 +1200, Ian Collins wrote:


>> why?  Because it is hardware and OS dependent?
> 
> What if a double was bigger than 10?

Yeah - but - that's a damn bug, wasn't a choice, and don't DO that wasn't 
a choice either..

I don't even know why this construction was ever invented.

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unions Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-06-04 05:26 +0000
  Re: unions Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-04 17:38 +1200
    Re: unions Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-06-04 05:45 +0000
      Re: unions Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-04 18:04 +1200
        Re: unions Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-06-04 06:13 +0000
  Re: unions Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2011-06-04 04:54 -0700
  Re: unions Edek <edek.pienkowski@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 19:59 +0200
    Re: unions Vaclav Haisman <v.haisman@sh.cvut.cz> - 2011-06-04 20:13 +0200
      Re: unions Edek <edek.pienkowski@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 22:34 +0200
        Re: unions Vaclav Haisman <v.haisman@sh.cvut.cz> - 2011-06-05 07:29 +0200
  Re: unions Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-06-09 09:19 +0000
  Re: unions Keith <kbelder@gmail.com> - 2011-06-09 11:17 -0700
    Re: unions Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-06-09 14:29 -0400
    Re: unions Edek <edek.pienkowski@gmail.com> - 2011-06-10 13:16 +0200

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