On 03 Sep 2002 14:14:34 +0100 Toby Speight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> AL> + struct {
> AL> + long padding; /* to prevent unaligned access */
> AL> + float f;
> AL> + } s;
>
> Would a union achieve the same thing more portably?
It would achieve the same thing, but if it is more portable or not...
I thought about using an union too, but as you see my coin decided to
not use it.
> I suppose, given that this is an autoconf test, the Right Thing is to
> do the same as the actual code we're compiling. I couldn't find where
> the above test's results get used, but it seems that the int/float
The test was added, but no actual code was able to hit the tree.
> case uses unions in quantize_pvt.c and vbrquantize.c.
Where do you think the above test fails?
Bye,
Alexander.
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