structure element offsets

[Kenneth R. Ballou]

In article <736 at dg_rtp.UUCP> throopw at dg_rtp.UUCP (Wayne Throop) writes:
>> C has been defined such that all members-of-structures share the
>> same name-space.
>You're wrong, you know.  Members of structures do NOT share the same
>namespace in C, no more than =+ is an operator in C.  Let us chant
>together, from Harbison and Steele, page 107:
	[an appropriate incantation has been deleted]
>Kernighan and Ritchie have similar things to say, but I don't (GASP)
>have my K&R to hand just now to find what they are, 
    For shame!  Actually, this is not true.  In K&R C structure members all
belong to the same namespace.  The separation of namespaces for each
structure/union is a (thoroughly welcome) later enhancement.

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Kenneth R. Ballou		ARPA: ballou at brahms.berkeley.edu
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University of California
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