XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 20:32:53 -0000 (UTC), John Levine wrote:   
      
   > C doesn't have variant records, but you can fake them with structures   
   > with common initial fields.  The different structures can be different   
   > sizes so the usual approach is to malloc() them one at a time and use a   
   > pointer to it.   
      
   Another approach is to have a struct containing union of structs with a   
   flag in the top level struct indicating which child struct to use in the   
   union. The structs in the union can also have unions so you can build a   
   real octopus.   
      
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