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Re: [Itai Nahshon <nahshon@actcom.co.il>] RedHat-6.0 fails to compile with -ansi -pedantic

On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 08:40:29AM +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> -   union { float __f; int __i; } __u = { __f: __x }; return __u.__i < 0;
> +  union { float __f; int __i; } __u; __u.__f = __x; return __u.__i < 0;
[...]
> Comparing assembly output from compiling with both files does not give
> identical results. Maybe the egcs guys should take a look at that.

Unsurprising.  Constructors aren't implemented as efficiently
as direct member assignment.


r~
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