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Re: Linux and aliasing?


mark@codesourcery.com writes:
> 
> And David Miller (IIRC) indicated that the kernel folks would probably
> eliminate the non-standard C code in the next major kernel revision.

This would be a major rewrite of a lot of code. Linux is full of such
things. Having it all fixed in the next major release (and even in the
next release after that) would be a miracle. 

> So, no, I don't think it's a priority for us to make any such change.
> I can't really speak for others, but that's my take on the situation.

Bad :/. -fno-strict-aliasing is the only alternative then. What a pity,
Linus' proposal looked reasonable. 

-Andi

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