which rules are you referring to? I've not seen that one. On 2/16/06, Brian Dessent <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 >