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Re: 8 bytes into 2 bytes fits ?
- To: David C Binderman <dcb at pncl dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: 8 bytes into 2 bytes fits ?
- From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva at dcc dot unicamp dot br>
- Date: 02 Sep 1998 22:31:05 -0300
- Cc: egcs-bugs at cygnus dot com
- References: <199809021838.TAA04933@fm215.facility.pipex.com>
David C Binderman <dcb@pncl.co.uk> writes:
> surely pointers can only be cast to types big enough to hold them.
Casting a pointer (but not a pointer to member) to any integral type
has always been allowed. However, the mapping is implementation
defined and it may be lossy, just like in C. It is even possible that
there isn't any integral type large enough to hold a pointer.
However, even in this case, the conversion (a reinterpret_cast) is
allowed.
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Alexandre Oliva
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brasil