Size of members of a packed union

Subject: Size of members of a packed union
From: Peter Flake (flake@co-design.com)
Date: Fri Jul 19 2002 - 01:54:32 PDT

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At 11:58 AM 7/8/02 -0700, Stefen Boyd wrote:
> -Section 3.7 - Size requirement(?) on members of a packed union
>
>* AI - Peter propose a straw man

Because a packed union is a grouping of the same set of bits in different
ways, the members of the union should be the same size, otherwise writing
one member will not necessarily write all the bits.

However this is more a question of taste rather than a fundamental language
design issue. The alternative is to allow different sizes and assume right
justification.

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