From:	Sascha Zapf <nc-zapfsa AT netcologne DOT de>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Union
Date:	Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:13:53 +0100
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Hi,

the union use the same Place for all Member...

for Example..

union utest
{
    char a;
    char *next;
    int    test;
    double fp;
}

This union take 8 Bytes of Memory, and the Programmer say what to read.

sascha



sephiroth schrieb:

> What is the point of the "union" structure? Why not just use "struct"?
>
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