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Re: Struct hack one last time (one last time)

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From: Christopher R Volpe
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:34
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In article <1993Jan8.184304.10965@taumet.com>, steve@taumet.com (Steve Clamage) writes:
|> You could subvert this via void* pointers, but that isn't the point.
|> Presumably this is an optional checkout mode, and such modes typically
|> impose constraints on programmers.  If you play games to subvert type
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Thus throwing the implementation into a non-conforming state, which was
the whole point of this discussion.

|> checking, you are going to have problems.
|> -- 
|> 
|> Steve Clamage, TauMetric Corp, steve@taumet.com

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Chris Volpe
G.E. Corporate R&D
volpecr@crd.ge.com
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