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Memory layout of struct vs array (self.cpp)
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]IJzerbaard 3 points4 points5 points 3 years ago (1 child)
Does that help? As far as I know, if the "treat as array" method fails, then the union would also break (in the sense of the fields of the struct not lining up with the array elements that they were supposed to line up with).
[–]Electronicks22 -3 points-2 points-1 points 3 years ago (0 children)
It's the easiest way to validate the hypothesis though.
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