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Re: Aliasing brokenness (Was: Re: [patch RFC] SH: Use FRAME_GROWS_DOWNWARD)
Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> writes:
> Is the conclusion that a presence of "potentially unused" union that
> contains two structures with the same prefix destroys non-aliasing
> assumptions?
IMHO the third example in 6.5.2.3 gives a strong hint at that. AFAIU the
second fragment becomes valid as soon as declaration of the union is moved
before function f.
Andreas.
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