From: Date: December 5 2005 5:16am
Subject: Re: packarray - version 0.2
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On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 05:32:41AM -0500, Chris Frey wrote:
> I ran into an interesting issue with regards to C++ aliasing rules, which
> you can read about here:
> 
> 	http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25235
> 
> And here:
> 
> 	http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2003/08/11/0001.html
> 
> This makes me rather concerned about the reinterpret_cast<> I have to do
> in 4 places in packarray.  Any tips on how to clean that up would be very
> much appreciated.

In addition to the above, I started a thread in comp.lang.c++.moderated
which is turning out to be rather enlightening.

http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.lang.c++.moderated/browse_thread/thread/e7bf096832526f8e/5714701b02a2a3cc?hl=en#5714701b02a2a3cc

I hope that's a stable URL from Google. :-)

- Chris