Strict aliasing and pointers to functions

[Perry Smith]

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.

Perry Smith ( pedz@easesoftware.com )
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