Linux and aliasing?

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < Pine.LNX.3.95.990607103826.22680A-100000@penguin.transmeta.com >yo
u write:
  > > Then we'll have to explain two things to them instead of just one: the
  > > ANSI rules, and the extra Torvalds non-ANSI rules. 
  > 
  > Just explain it as "dangerous code", and give examples. There are
  > certainly bound to be other cases, although the "torvalds case" is the
  > obvious and most common one. 
Building a new set of aliasing rules which are only going to be used by the
Linux kernel to avoid making their code standards complaint is simply dumb.
We should follow the ISO/ANSI rules and be done with it.

I'm not going to approve any changes of this nature.
jeff