Paul Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 19:17 +0200, Georg-Johann Lay wrote: >>>> double copysign (double x, double y) >>>> { >>>> unsigned short * const px = (unsigned short*)(char*)&x + 3; >>>> unsigned short * const py = (unsigned short*)(char*)&y + 3; > > I don't get why you have the (char*) cast here? It's not a source of mine. I don't know the reason why it's there.