Re: Struct and Union

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Struct and Union
Date	2015-07-11 17:39 -0700
Organization	None to speak of
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Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
>
>> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
>> [...]
>>> ... and if C had a discriminated union I'd go with that, and if it had
>>> type-classes (not the same as object classes) I'd go with those.  There
>>> are lots of things the OP can't use in C -- no need to limit your
>>> suggestions to just one thing they can't use in C.
>>
>> What is a "type-class", and how does it differ from an "object class"?
>
> I hope you'll forgive me not trying to write up an essay on this -- it
> would take ages and I'd make dozens of mistakes.

Of course.  Probably better not to, since this isn't really topical.

>                                                   Here, instead, is a
> link to a short introduction to Haskell's type clases:
>
> https://www.haskell.org/tutorial/classes.html

Thanks, I'll take a look.

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Struct and Union janus <emekamicro@gmail.com> - 2015-07-10 00:49 -0700
  Re: Struct and Union Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-10 09:04 +0100
    Re: Struct and Union janus <emekamicro@gmail.com> - 2015-07-10 01:40 -0700
      Re: Struct and Union Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-10 09:50 +0100
        Re: Struct and Union Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-07-10 13:44 +0100
    Re: Struct and Union "Bill Davy" <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> - 2015-07-10 12:37 +0100
      Re: Struct and Union Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-10 08:24 -0700
        Re: Struct and Union Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-12 12:53 -0700
  Re: Struct and Union Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-10 21:32 +1200
  Re: Struct and Union "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-10 05:12 -0700
    Re: Struct and Union Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-10 17:35 +0100
      Re: Struct and Union David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-07-10 10:18 -0700
        Re: Struct and Union "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-10 10:23 -0700
        Re: Struct and Union James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-10 13:47 -0400
        Re: Struct and Union Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-10 12:38 -0700
      Re: Struct and Union "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-10 10:27 -0700
  Re: Struct and Union Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-10 13:55 +0100
  Re: Struct and Union Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-10 21:48 +0100
    Re: Struct and Union "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-10 13:51 -0700
      Re: Struct and Union Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-10 23:45 +0100
        Re: Struct and Union "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-10 17:43 -0700
          Re: Struct and Union Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-11 13:04 +0100
            Re: Struct and Union "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-11 05:15 -0700
              Re: Struct and Union Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-11 14:01 +0100
                Re: Struct and Union "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-11 06:05 -0700
                Re: Struct and Union "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-11 06:13 -0700
            Re: Struct and Union Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-11 13:51 -0700
              Re: Struct and Union Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-11 16:51 -0500
              Re: Struct and Union Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-11 23:13 +0100
                Re: Struct and Union Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-11 17:39 -0700
              Re: Struct and Union Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-11 16:56 -0700
  Re: Struct and Union Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-10 18:52 -0700
  Re: Struct and Union Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-10 19:12 -0700

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