Casting Bug in GCC 2.95.2

[dtrel]

Casting from char* to: int* or long* generate the same coding.
The int* isn't working in ver 2.95.

Is there a workaround for this or does ver 3.1 solve the problem?

TIA  D'Trel

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#include <iostream>

int main () {
int x;
char * cptr;
int  * i_ptr;
long * l_ptr;

cptr = new char[256];
// casting char* to: int* and long*
i_ptr =(int *) cptr;  //same results as: l_ptr=(long*)cptr;
l_ptr =(long *) cptr;

// with int *  < ERROR >
for (x = 0; x <256; x++) cptr[x] = 0;
i_ptr[0] = 1; 
i_ptr[1] = 2; 
i_ptr[2] = 3;
cout<<endl<<"With int  * = ";
for (x = 0; x < 16; x++) cout<< (int) cptr[x] <<"  ";


// with long * < OK >
for (x = 0; x <256; x++) cptr[x] = 0;
l_ptr[0] = 1; 
l_ptr[1] = 2; 
l_ptr[2] = 3;
cout<<endl<<"With long * = ";
for (x = 0; x < 16; x++) cout<< (int) cptr[x] <<"  ";

return 0;
}

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