1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 | #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include "clog.h"
union IntOrString {
int as_int;
char* as_string;
}; // SEMICOLON!!!!
// void print_number_as_int_or_string(IntOrString number_as_int_or_string) { // won't work quite yet
// }
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
union IntOrString five = { .as_int = 5 };
// Union object can store only one of its fields at a time.
// It has space for the largest field.
//printf("five.as_int == %d\n", five.as_int);
log_int(five.as_int);
five.as_string = "cinco"; // overwrites the int value in the union object because it
// has space for only one of its fields.
log_str(five.as_string);
// Union objects do not keep track of which field has been written to. That is your job.
log_int(five.as_int); // BAD!!! .as_int field was overwritten
// Output: five.as_int == 4196247
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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