Anonymous union within struct not in c99?

Question

here is very simplified code of problem I have:

enum node_type {
    t_int, t_double
};

struct int_node {
    int value;
};

struct double_node {
    double valu         


        

Answer 1

Another solution is to put the common header value (enum node_type type) into every structure, and make your top-level structure a union. It's not exactly "Don't Repeat Yourself", but it does avoid both anonymous unions and uncomfortable looking proxy values.

enum node_type {
    t_int, t_double
};
struct int_node {
    enum node_type type;
    int value;
};
struct double_node {
    enum node_type type;
    double value;
};
union node {
    enum node_type type;
    struct int_node int_n;
    struct double_node double_n;
};

int main(void) {
    union node n;
    n.type = t_int; // or n.int_n.type = t_int;
    n.int_n.value = 10;
    return 0;
}