C++ aliasing rules

[Nathan Sidwell]

Dan Nicolaescu wrote:

>   > I think the answer is no, as no matter what you do, you need to
>   > violate the notion of which struct type the object really was and you
>   > cannot get at the short without going though the struct first, and in
>   > the end, you cannot get through both struct types simultaneously.

> 
> Does anybody disagree with Mike's statement above (wrt C++) ? Jason?
I agree with Mike's analysis.

nathan
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