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From: will.summers@p6.f18.n114.z1.fidonet.org (will summers)
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Subject: Re: questions about C standards
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Date: 21 Sep 88 07:14:02 GMT
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In article  <8809171754.AA02615@lakisis.umd.edu> mbp@LAKISIS.UMD.EDU 
("Mark Phillips ", RD Goldman) writes:
 > 
 > I have two questions regarding C standards:
 > 
 > (2) Is it considered acceptable to do the following things with
 >     structures or unions?
 >         (a) pass them (by value) to functions
 >         (b) have functions which return them
 >         (c) assign them (=)
Yes.
 >         (d) test them (structures only) for equality with ==
 Don't think so.  Problem is "holes" that might have been left for
 alignment purposes.
 
 > Thanks!

Yawelcome!

     \/\/ill


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