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Cast to a Union Type
A cast to union type is similar to other casts, except that the type
specified is a union type. You can specify the type either with `union
TAG' or with a typedef name. A cast to union is actually a constructor
though, not a cast, and hence does not yield an lvalue like normal
casts. (*Note Constructors::.)
The types that may be cast to the union type are those of the members
of the union. Thus, given the following union and variables:
union foo { int i; double d; };
int x;
double y;
both `x' and `y' can be cast to type `union' foo.
Using the cast as the right-hand side of an assignment to a variable
of union type is equivalent to storing in a member of the union:
union foo u;
...
u = (union foo) x == u.i = x
u = (union foo) y == u.d = y
You can also use the union cast as a function argument:
void hack (union foo);
...
hack ((union foo) x);
Created Wed Sep 1 16:42:19 2004 on bee with info_to_html version 0.9.6.