strict aliasing violation

[Piotr Wyderski]

Andrew Haley wrote:

>>>   union { float f; uint32 i; } u = {.f = v};
>>>   return u.i;
>>
>> Nope, that is not allowed either.
>
> Of course it is allowed.  It's a legitimate gcc extension, and it's
> supported by many other compilers too.

It's a C extension, according to the documentation.
In C++ mode (-std=gnu++0x) the compiler does not
understand the "u = {.f = v}" statement. Is it a feature
or a bug? ;-)

Best regards
Piotr Wyderski