|> Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> said:
|> > Horst von Brand <brand@jupiter.cs.uni-dortmund.de> writes:
|> >
|> > |> Art Haas <ahaas@airmail.net> said:
|> > |> > I ask because I've just built a kernel without using that flag -
|> > |> > linus-2.5 BK from this morning, probably missing the 2.5.60 release by
|> > |> > a few hours.
|> > |>
|> > |> The problem with strict aliasing is that it allows the compiler to assume
|> > |> that in:
|> > |>
|> > |> void somefunc(int *foo, int *bar)
|> > |>
|> > |> foo and bar will _*never*_ point to the same memory area
|> >
|> > This is wrong. Only if they are declared restrict.
|>
|> ... can they point to the same area. That is exactly the problem: If you do
|> nothing, the language definition assumes the programmer made sure (LOL!)
|> that they don't point the same way.
Why are you insisting on spreading misinformation?
Pointers that are _not_ declared as restricted can alias _any_ other
non-restricted pointer of the same target type.
Andreas.
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