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It Is Never a Compiler Bug Until It Is
I guess someone told the compiler authors that the automotive industry was a unionized industry.
MertsA
on Sept 30, 2020
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For anyone not well-versed in C a union does something similar to the bug mentioned. It's like a struct but using the same address for each member.
limaoscarjuliet
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You mean a few variables in a union doing work of one variable? Yes, poor joke, I can see my karma burn....
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