Purpose of Unions in C and C++
I have used unions earlier comfortably; today I was alarmed when I read this post and came to know that this code union ARGB { uint32_t colour; struct componentsTag { uint8_t b; uint8_t g; uint8_t r; uint8_t a; } components; } pixel; pixel.colour = 0xff040201; // ARGB::colour is the active member from now on // … Read more