Primitive for Discriminated Unions
A discriminated union is a C language union, which is an object that holds several data types.
One arm of the union is an enumeration value, or discriminant, that holds a specific object to be processed over the system first. The discriminant is an enumeration value (enum_t).
The XDR library includes the following subroutine for discriminated unions:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| xdr_union | Translates between discriminated unions and their external representations. |