Added example on how to handle unions.

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diff --git a/example_unions/encode.c b/example_unions/encode.c
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+/* This program takes a command line argument and encodes a message in
+ * one of MsgType1, MsgType2 or MsgType3.
+ */
+ 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <pb_encode.h>
+#include "unionproto.pb.h"
+
+/* This function is the core of the union encoding process. It handles
+ * the top-level pb_field_t array manually, in order to encode a correct
+ * field tag before the message. The pointer to MsgType_fields array is
+ * used as an unique identifier for the message type.
+ */
+bool encode_unionmessage(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t messagetype[], const void *message)
+{
+    const pb_field_t *field;
+    for (field = UnionMessage_fields; field->tag != 0; field++)
+    {
+        if (field->ptr == messagetype)
+        {
+            /* This is our field, encode the message using it. */
+            if (!pb_encode_tag_for_field(stream, field))
+                return false;
+            
+            return pb_encode_submessage(stream, messagetype, message);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /* Didn't find the field for messagetype */
+    return false;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    if (argc != 2)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s (1|2|3)\n", argv[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    
+    uint8_t buffer[512];
+    pb_ostream_t stream = pb_ostream_from_buffer(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+    
+    bool status = false;
+    int msgtype = atoi(argv[1]);
+    if (msgtype == 1)
+    {
+        /* Send message of type 1 */
+        MsgType1 msg = {42};
+        status = encode_unionmessage(&stream, MsgType1_fields, &msg);
+    }
+    else if (msgtype == 2)
+    {
+        /* Send message of type 2 */
+        MsgType2 msg = {true};
+        status = encode_unionmessage(&stream, MsgType2_fields, &msg);
+    }
+    else if (msgtype == 3)
+    {
+        /* Send message of type 3 */
+        MsgType3 msg = {3, 1415};
+        status = encode_unionmessage(&stream, MsgType3_fields, &msg);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Unknown message type: %d\n", msgtype);
+        return 2;
+    }
+    
+    if (!status)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Encoding failed!\n");
+        return 3;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        fwrite(buffer, 1, stream.bytes_written, stdout);
+        return 0; /* Success */
+    }
+}
+
+