alt Hacker NewsAnd then have a union between the two different kinds of pointers, and a tag to tell which one is in use, then test that tag everywhere? Why? What good does it bring for that extra complexity?
And then have a union between the two different kinds of pointers, and a tag to tell which one is in use, then test that tag everywhere? Why? What good does it bring for that extra complexity?
Doesn't the name of the function select for the types and use of the parameters? But I haven't written in C for a long time, and this I think could be done more clearly in C++.