On 11/12/2010 04:42 PM, Segher Boessenkool wrote: >> But you finally said >> >> - you can not access it as int: >> >> that object (t.i) does not have a stored value therefore it >> doesn't exist. > > (Your words, not mine -- and such sloppy wording gets you into trouble, > the standard does not talk about any of this. It is one way of looking > at it though). > >> This is what I understood from what you said, please correct me if I'm >> wrong. >> >> However doing: >> >> int i = t.i; >> >> is defined in C (as long as there's no trap representation) even if 't.i' >> object has no stored value. > > Actually, I think this is a GCC extension, and I was mistaken to say it > is valid C99 before. Right, that's my understanding too. Andrew.
