From: DrDiettrich1@netscape.net   
      
   Can somebody explain why the access to members of a union is "undefined"   
   except for the most recently written member?   
      
   What can be undefined in a union of data types of the same typesize end   
   alignment? Any member written will result in a unique bit/byte pattern   
   in memory, whose reading may not make sense in a different type but   
   undoubtedly is well defined.   
      
   DoDi   
   [I think it's undefined in a standards sense.  In any individual   
   implementation the result is predictable, but it's not portable. -John]   
      
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