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Article #2427Re: Representation Clauses
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 1991 18:59
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 1991 18:59
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In article <91045.112247KKEYTE@ESOC.BITNET> KKEYTE@ESOC.BITNET (Karl Keyte) writes: >Actually, being able to specify a structure's element alignment >DOES guarantee portability. No, I stand by what I said. While, using the technique you suggest, structure member alignment would be a NECESSARY condition for portability, it would not be SUFFICIENT. >If you know you receive an IEEE standard FP number in a particular >element then you can convert as appropriate. This has not been my experience, and it certainly does not apply to multi-byte integral types. >It's a shortfall of the standard as far as I'm concerned. You're entitled to your opinion about that. I disagree.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!udel!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: Representation Clauses Message-ID: <15211@smoke.brl.mil> Date: 15 Feb 91 18:59:39 GMT References: <91042.160311KKEYTE@ESOC.BITNET> <15187@smoke.brl.mil> <91045.112247KKEYTE@ESOC.BITNET> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 17