> On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 08:12:33AM -0400, Mccauley, Daniel H wrote:
> >
> > union {
> >         float f;
> >         unsigned char c[4];
> > } SetWheel;
> >
> > Result1 = SetWheel.f * 343.123;
> >
> > And whenever I want to treat this variable as a 8-bit integer do:
> >
> > Write_eeprom (addr0, SetWheel.c[0]);
>
> That may work in your compiler, which is fine, but it's not *guaranteed*
> to work by the C standard.  <snip>

...and why would that be?  Only because sizeof(float) may vary, which has
been covered here earlier, or are there other reasons too?

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