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Re:Essential C [pdf] by jstimpfle on Sunday March 06, 2022 @02:40PM (#30580473)
Why can't you write an allocator???
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Re:Essential C [pdf] by monocasa on Sunday March 06, 2022 @03:14PM (#30580814)
Casting pointers to different object types and then dereferencing them is undefined behavior.
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Re:Essential C [pdf] by synergy20 on Sunday March 06, 2022 @09:45PM (#30583670)
this is new to me, any source of it? Thanks!
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Re:Essential C [pdf] by synergy20 on Monday March 07, 2022 @09:01AM (#30587870)
now got it, strict aliasing that is.
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