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Type punning isn’t funny: Using pointers to recast in C is bad. A common C programming technique (casting between pointers to structures) leads to problems when strict aliasing is turned on (as it is if you set -O2 -O3 in gcc).
(tags: C programming casting punning) Type Punning, Strict Aliasing, and Optimization - Embedded in Academia More on the type punning/aliasing business.
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