> So, Is there a way of forcing the compiler to overlay two variables such
> that i can have an char mapping to the least-significant byte of the long?
>


This is the first thing that pops into my head:

unsigned long counter;
char * Counter_LSB_Pointer = counter; //or counter + sizeof(long) - 1;
depending on endianness

-Scott
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