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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Performance of unaligned memory-accesses
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
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> The standard says that you can't do unaligned accesses.

No, it doesn't.  It says that unaligned accesses are undefined behavior.

>                                                          It is only if a 
> compiler documents that it allows such accesses that you can use it safely.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Will write code for food.
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */