Jim Stapleton wrote: > char test[] = {0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, > 0x08, 0x09, 0x0a}; > char *tptr = test; > int *ptr; > > ptr = (int*)tptr; Doesn't this violate the C aliasing rules? If so the whole thing is undefined behavior. Brian