Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 15:09:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Nicolas Souchu <Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: C and static initialization with unions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808041508210.409-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19980804185938.36803@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr>
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On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Nicolas Souchu wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> A question about C and static initialization of unions:
>
> suppose,
>
> union foo_t {
> int i;
> char c;
> void *p;
> };
>
> static union foo_t bar = { (void *)&anyvar };
>
> The compiler says "warning, making integer from pointer without a cast"...
> Which is true and could lead to bad asm code.
>
> Is there a way to do this properly? Should I forgive unions or what else?
No, you forgot to mention which union memeber to use. Your foo_t.p
would do nicely.
>
> --
> Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr
> FreeBSD - Turning PCs into workstations - http://www.FreeBSD.org
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