> On Jun 29, 2006, at 9:51 AM, Dave Korn wrote:
>
> That's cheating! You casted away const, it's a blatant aliasing
> violation, you deserve everything you get.
>
> No it is not, in fact it is legal C and there is no aliasing violation
> as you are still accessing the memory as an "int".
> -- Pinski
"Legal" does not mean it's a good idea. Bypassing const through casts
is like ignoring documentation. You get what you deserve.
E.g. if the object referred to by the pointer is in a read-only
section, casting away const-ness and modifying it leads to a core
dump...
--Kaveh
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