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Re: Strict aliasing and pointers to functions

From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
To: Perry Smith <pedz at easesoftware dot com>
Cc: av1474 at comtv dot ru, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:17:18 +0000
Subject: Re: Strict aliasing and pointers to functions
References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611260411320.7920@home.oyster.ru> <17769.35693.378892.724381@zebedee.pink> <BADC4220-71C1-49E3-9CBC-E7D5829A264F@easesoftware.com>

Perry Smith writes:
 > On Nov 26, 2006, at 6:41 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
 > 
 > > union
 > > {
 > >   void *barf;
 > >   void (*fptr) (void);
 > > } bilge;
 > >
 > >   bilge.barf = dlsym (NULL, "dummy");
 > >   funcs.dummy = bilge.fptr;
 > 
 > I thought with the new 4.2 compiler, even unions that did not really  
 > solve aliasing problems.

Why did you think this?

Andrew.

References:
- Strict aliasing and pointers to functions
  - From: av1474
- Re: Strict aliasing and pointers to functions
  - From: Andrew Haley
- Re: Strict aliasing and pointers to functions
  - From: Perry Smith

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