Re: void * pointer convert problem.

Keith Thompson <kst-u@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> of. The most straightforward way to comply with 6.5.2.3p5 is simply
> to use layout rules that always guarantee the same layout for any
> common initial subsequence.

Do you suppose that there is a particular reason the guarantee of
6.5.2.3p5 was not simply extended to all common initial subsequences?

> If you're really concerned about conformance, you can declare (and not
> bother to use) a union just to avoid the possibility, but I don't
> think it's worth the effort.

Admittedly I was playing one of the more pedantic of the reindeer games.

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