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 36 37 38 39 | #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>
// union fields all share the same space in memory
union IntOrString {
char* as_string;
int as_int;
};
enum IntOrStringType {
TYPE_STRING,
TYPE_INT
};
void print_int_or_string(union IntOrString ios,
enum IntOrStringType type) {
if (type == TYPE_STRING) {
printf("ios.as_string == %s\n", ios.as_string);
} else if (type == TYPE_INT) {
printf("ios.as_int == %d\n", ios.as_int);
}
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
union IntOrString ios = { .as_int = 5 };
enum IntOrStringType type = TYPE_INT;
print_int_or_string(ios, type);
char stack_string[] = "Hello";
ios.as_string = stack_string;
type = TYPE_STRING;
print_int_or_string(ios, type);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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