Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 17:24:47 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Adam Schrotenboer wrote:

> newimage = oldimage; // Please, somebody out there with more experience, tell me
> this can or cannot be done.
> 
> You might have to copy using memcpy, or similar. (Input from more experienced
> programmers welcome. Eli?????)

You *can* assign struct's, and the compiler will produce the code that 
does the equivalent of a memcpy.  This is a requirement of ANSI C.