On 10/28/11 4:39 PM, Sebastian Sylvan wrote:
How about "union"? C/C++ programmers will instantly get the gist of
it, while probably suspecting that it'll be a safer version of the
union construct they're familiar with.

There was a concern that C/C++ programmers would mistake it for the unsafe version. Note that we guarantee C ABI compatibility for records, but we don't for unions.

Additionally, using "union" for enums might look weird...

Patrick
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