#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>

// UNION -- using cannonical syntax (not typedef), for now.

union Number {
    int   as_int;
    float as_float;
};   // Do not forget the semicolon at the end of a struct or union type definition!

void print_number(union Number n) {
    printf("n has the value %d\n", n.as_int);
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {

    union Number  n = { .as_int = 3 };   // named initializer
    print_number(n);

    // union Number  n = { .as_int = 3, .as_float = 3.1415 };   // NOT ALLOWED!
    
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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