[nullc]

I guess someone told the compiler authors that the automotive industry was a unionized industry.

[MertsA]

For anyone not well-versed in C a union does something similar to the bug mentioned. It's like a struct but using the same address for each member.

[limaoscarjuliet]

You mean a few variables in a union doing work of one variable? Yes, poor joke, I can see my karma burn....