Hi,
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Jean-Pierre ANDRE wrote:
> Well, I would think the reason is in the other member of
> union : "u8 raw[16]; /* Raw binary for ease of access. */"
>
> For instance this might help for an hexadecimal display in
> which you generally want the bytes from lowest memory to
> highest memory.
Absolutely true. At least ntfs-3g.info will use it one day.
Regards,
Szaka
> > Message du 25/04/08 14:07
> > De : "Adnan Shaheen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > A : [email protected]
> > Copie à :
> > Objet : [ntfs-3g-devel] About GUID
> >
> > Hello all.
> > Can any one tell me why the structure of GUID in libntfs and windows are
> > different.
> >
> > The libntfs struct for GUID is
> >
> > typedef union {
> > struct {
> > le32 data1; /* The first eight hexadecimal digits of the GUID. */
> > le16 data2; /* The first group of four hexadecimal digits. */
> > le16 data3; /* The second group of four hexadecimal digits. */
> > u8 data4[8]; /* The first two bytes are the third group of four
> > hexadecimal digits. The remaining six bytes are the final 12 hexadecimal
> > digits. */
> > } __attribute__((__packed__));
> > u8 raw[16]; /* Raw binary for ease of access. */
> > } __attribute__((__packed__)) GUID;
> >
> > WHERE AS in windows
> >
> > its only the structure not a union
> >
> > typedef struct _GUID {
> > unsigned long Data1;
> > unsigned short Data2;
> > unsigned short Data3;
> > unsigned char Data4[ 8 ];
> > } GUID;
> >
> >
> > Why is we use the union in libntfs, and why it is only a struct
> > Whereas the struct is exactly same.
> > --
> > Regards:
> > Adnan Shaheen.
> > +92-321-518-0278
> >
> >
> > [ (pas de nom de fichier) (0.3 Ko) ]
> > [ (pas de nom de fichier) (0.2 Ko) ]
>
>
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