"C is a weak, statically typed language" Wouldn't that imply that a variable of one type could be coerced into another type? I would say C is strong typed...
int i; float f = *(float*)&i; I'm not saying you should do this, but you can. Or to use an example the author didn't regret: struct foo { int a; int b; int c; }__attribute__((packed)); void print(foo* f) { int *p = f; int i; for (i=0; i
Here's one I used in a GC implementation a while back. That last 'uint_8t obj[]' is used to hold the object that was actually allocated.
struct meta_obj {
meta_obj_type *next; // next object in our list
mark_type mark;
size_t size;
gc_type_def type_def;
uint8_t obj[]; // contained object
};
struct obj_type {
obj_type_enum type;
};
struct string_obj_type {
obj_type_enum type;
char *c;
};