> If I have a char array, and it's always written by the char array, can it > be always reliably read by any combination of short/int/long pointers? > > As I understand, the compiler will see byte writes for all types, so > readind shoulg be fine without violating any strict alias rules. Just > can't write the array by any other type than char[] access. Right? No. You can access anything only as its declared type or character type; an array of char thus can be accessed as char only. Segher
