Herman Geza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, it's clear now, thanks. However, it brings a new question: the > standard defines layout-compatible types. For example, if I'm correct, my > Vector > and Point are layout compatible. What can I do with layout compatible > objects?
You can put them in a union and be able to use the common initial sequence of either alternative, see 6.5.2.3[#5]. Once you have defined such a union, objects of either type can alias each other. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."