------- Comment #7 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-11-28 16:52 -------
1) Yes that is the reason why -Wstrict-aliasing exist. This is undefined
behavior at runtime not at compile time so we cannot error out. It is also the
reason why -Wstrict-aliasing is enabled with -Wall.
2) Use memcpy instead of an union if you want a portable way to type pun.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 21920 ***
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pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED
Resolution| |DUPLICATE
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38297
