Re: Reference question

From:
Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:12:17 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<58997377-77c3-42ad-afba-3f333da29faf@p23g2000prp.googlegroups.com>
On Jan 28, 9:35 am, "Larry.Mart...@gmail.com"
<Larry.Mart...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have only been working with C++ for 3 years, and I've come across
some code I don't understand.

static struct ct {
        char ns, fl;
        short sf;

        struct st
        {
                char sy, fq;
                ct* n;
        } __attribute__ ((packed)) * sta;

        st& os() const
        {
                return (st&) sf;
        }

} __attribute__ ((packed)) *mc;

My confusion is about the os method. It appears to me that it returns
a reference to the st struct. But how does returning sf become a
reference to st?

TIA
-larry


This code was written by one of those people that would get me fired
for arguing with them too much.
I would go to thier desk and tell them to stop writing garbage. I mean
everyone should know what a ct is and what its used for with our ESP
powers right?
Same for an ns, fl, or st right?

The names make it so obvious what this code is for!

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