struct Foo {
union {
int& i;
float& j;
};
Foo(int& val) :
i((int&)val), j((float&)val)
{}
};
GCC will fail to compile the above code because multiple union member is
being initialized.
But if I modify the code to just only init the reference i:
Foo(int& val) :
i((int&)val), j((float&)val)
{}
it also pop out error because reference j is not been initialized.
What's the solution to the above problem? How the C++ standard say about
using reference in union?
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Ricky Lung wrote: struct Foo { union { int& i; float& j; }; Foo(int& val) : i((int&)val), j((float&)val) {} };
GCC will fail to compile the above code because multiple union member is being initialized. But if I modify the code to just only init the reference i: Foo(int& val) : i((int&)val), j((float&)val) {} it also pop out error because reference j is not been initialized.
What's the solution to the above problem? How the C++ standard say about using reference in union?
I haven't looked it up right now, but if I remember correctly, then
at most *one* member of a union can have an initialization. Since
your union consists of 2 references, and references have to be initialzed ....
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Yes, and it's a contradiction.
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news:41******** *******@gascad. at... Ricky Lung wrote: struct Foo { union { int& i; float& j; }; Foo(int& val) : i((int&)val), j((float&)val) {} };
GCC will fail to compile the above code because multiple union member is being initialized. But if I modify the code to just only init the reference i: Foo(int& val) : i((int&)val), j((float&)val) {} it also pop out error because reference j is not been initialized.
What's the solution to the above problem? How the C++ standard say about using reference in union? I haven't looked it up right now, but if I remember correctly, then at most *one* member of a union can have an initialization. Since your union consists of 2 references, and references have to be initialzed
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In message <41******@usene t.hk>, Ricky Lung <ri***@y-trace.com> writes struct Foo { union { int& i; float& j; }; Foo(int& val) : i((int&)val), j((float&)val)
All other considerations aside, how could you initialise a reference to
float using an int? What would you expect to happen?
{} };
GCC will fail to compile the above code because multiple union member is being initialized. But if I modify the code to just only init the reference i: Foo(int& val) : i((int&)val), j((float&)val) {} it also pop out error because reference j is not been initialized.
What's the solution to the above problem? How the C++ standard say about using reference in union?
What's the problem you're trying to solve by using a union?
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Richard Herring
The long stor is, I am make a matrix class with SIMD enabled.
Some specific funtion I needed to use Intel SSE intrinsic function like
_mm_add_ps.
Therefore I want to keep the intrinsic type and a C-array in a union
something like
union {
__m128;
float[4];
};
But problem comes out when I use reference (because of some reason, I have
to use reference).
Since the cost of one reference is 4 bytes, by using union of reference, the
size of my object (reference to vector of 4 flaot) will be just 4 bytes
insteal of 8 bytes. That the reason I use union of reference
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news:E9******** ******@baesyste ms.com... In message <41******@usene t.hk>, Ricky Lung <ri***@y-trace.com> writesstruct Foo { union { int& i; float& j; }; Foo(int& val) : i((int&)val), j((float&)val)
All other considerations aside, how could you initialise a reference to float using an int? What would you expect to happen?
{} };
GCC will fail to compile the above code because multiple union member is being initialized. But if I modify the code to just only init the reference i: Foo(int& val) : i((int&)val), j((float&)val) {} it also pop out error because reference j is not been initialized.
What's the solution to the above problem? How the C++ standard say about using reference in union?
What's the problem you're trying to solve by using a union?
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"Richard Herring" <ju**@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:E9******* *******@baesyst ems.com... In message <41******@usene t.hk>, Ricky Lung <ri***@y-trace.com> writes >struct Foo { > union { > int& i; > float& j; > }; > Foo(int& val) : > i((int&)val), j((float&)val) All other considerations aside, how could you initialise a reference to float using an int? What would you expect to happen?
I still don't understand what you think you're doing here. > {} >}; > >GCC will fail to compile the above code because multiple union member is >being initialized. >But if I modify the code to just only init the reference i: >Foo(int& val) : > i((int&)val), j((float&)val) > {} >it also pop out error because reference j is not been initialized. > >What's the solution to the above problem? How the C++ standard say about >using reference in union?
What's the problem you're trying to solve by using a union? The long stor is, I am make a matrix class with SIMD enabled. Some specific funtion I needed to use Intel SSE intrinsic function like _mm_add_ps.
So we're off-topic for standard C++. Nevertheless...
Therefore I want to keep the intrinsic type and a C-array in a union something like union { __m128; float[4]; };
Fair enough, though you could equally use reinterpret_cas t. But problem comes out when I use reference (because of some reason, I have to use reference). Since the cost of one reference is 4 bytes, by using union of reference, the size of my object (reference to vector of flaot) will be just 4 bytes insteal of 8 bytes.
Plus the 8 bytes somewhere else that it references. Reference members
don't save space, they just indirect. Under the hood, at the assembler
level it's just implemented as a pointer.
That the reason I use union of reference
You're using the union to alias two data items of different types. The
references are indirections (in effect pointers) so you end up aliasing
the pointers, not the data. I suspect that isn't what you intend.
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