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On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 07:04:52PM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> However using the union could be less readable than having two almost
> identical functions.

So having some small duplication for the sake of clarity and readability
is much better, if you ask me. And it's not like you're duplicating a
lot of code - it is only a handful of functions.

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