Timeline for answer to reinterpret_cast by Tobias Langner

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Jan 20, 2011 at 22:43	vote	accept	Simplicity
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Jan 20, 2011 at 22:42
Jan 20, 2011 at 14:43	comment	added	David Thornley		It doesn't necessarily have the same bit pattern. There are very few guarantees on `reinterpret_cast` in the Standard. 5.2.10/3 says "The mapping performed by `reinterpret_cast` is implementation-defined. [Note: it might, or might not, produce a representation different from the original value.]" Also, a `reinterpret_cast` cannot cast an `int` to a `float` (it can cast `int ` to `float `). Any implementation that does that cast is in violation of the Standard (5.2.10/1, last sentence), although it's probably a common enough extension.
Jan 20, 2011 at 14:27	history	answered	Tobias Langner	CC BY-SA 2.5