RE: [avr-libc-dev] [RFC] Signature API

[Weddington, Eric]

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> As Weddington, Eric wrote:
> 
> > > I wonder whether there's a point in using a struct rather than a
> > > three-byte array?
> 
> > In theory, it doesn't really matter. It seems the OP (on the Freaks
> > thread) did a little copy and past from the fuses header file. Is
> > there a reason you have for the preference?
> 
> Bloat.  One more struct tag etc. -- and I don't see any gain of it,
> compared to the array.  Array initialization is a well-defined thing
> since the old K&R days, so there's no ambiguity involved.

Point. I'll work up an alternative, and add docs.

Since we're in the middle of a release, I'll hold off on this until 1.6.6.