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From: Ola Fosheim Groestad <olag@ifi.uio.no>
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Subject: Re: UNION in BETA
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 20:29:27 +0100
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Rene Wenzel Schmidt wrote:
> 
> > From news@gjallar.daimi.aau.dk Fri Mar 22 06:48:34 1996
> > To: usergroup@mjolner.dk
> > From: Ola Fosheim Groestad <olag@ifi.uio.no>
> > Subject: Re: UNION in BETA
> > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 14:21:03 +0100
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> > Rene Wenzel Schmidt wrote:
> >
> > > If you want to be able to access an integer as an array of char, or
> > > do similar type-unsafe things the answer is no (present, and highly
> > > likely in the future).
> >
> > Hmm..  Are you sure about this?  You should be able to do this in
> > the Mjoelner implementation by using the external Library? Or?
> >
> 
> It is possible to do type-unsafe things by calling external C code.
> However, that code is not BETA code, and it is not likely to be portable.

No. I meant, you should be able to do that with the external Library
without using any external C code.. Or?

Ola.