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Re: How to type-pun and why

From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at cs dot tamu dot edu>
To: Perry Smith <pedz at easesoftware dot com>
Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattias at virtutech dot se>, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:01:46 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: How to type-pun and why
References: <e6jvfg$kmq$1@sea.gmane.org> <873beaflmi.fsf@soliton.cs.tamu.edu> <814583A3-8DEF-4ED1-88EA-EF64D00A5E6B@easesoftware.com>

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Perry Smith wrote:

| Could he add a "volatile" keyword to fix it (from the standard point
| of view)?

I don't see how the standard guarantees that "volatile" will make it
work.

In general, when there is a type rule violation, "volatile" isn't the
answer.

References:
- How to type-pun and why
  - From: Mattias Engdegård
- Re: How to type-pun and why
  - From: Gabriel Dos Reis
- Re: How to type-pun and why
  - From: Perry Smith

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