On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 chuckw@ieee.org wrote:
> struct x y = {
> member1: x,
> member2: y,
> member3: z
> };
>
> What is the deal with this? Does the second way have any advantage over the previous?
_Much_ easier to grep for. Less pain in the ass when fields are added/removed/
reordered.
For anything with many fields (usually method tables) it's more convenient.
And no, it's not just networking - filesystem-related code, etc. uses it
all over the place.
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