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		commandersaki on April 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C Will Effective C cover the strict aliasing rule and also why the BSD sockets API seems to get away with it (e.g. (sockaddr *) &sockaddr_in)?

AaronBallman on April 14, 2020 | [–]

I don't think the book covers strict aliasing, at least not in detail.

DougGwyn on April 14, 2020 | | [–]

I thought we had fixed the BSD socket aliasing a long time ago?

saagarjha on April 15, 2020 | [–]

Isn't that legal if they are all in a union?

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