On 10/09/14 00:12, haynberg@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > So it would seem the answer is no, portable aliasing is not possible > in C++. Though I wonder if it should be (with a new language > feature). In practice, a union is exactly that, and I've not heard of a compiler which doesn't do the right thing. Given that it's explicitly legal in C11, I can't see any reason which C++ shouldn't simply adopt the same language. Andrew.
