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pete wrote:
 
>     signed char minus_one = -1;

> But, if you access minus_one as an unsigned char
> 
>     unsigned char access_value = *(unsigned char *)&minus_one;
> 
> then the value of access_value may or may not
> be something different from UCHAR_MAX,
> depending on the representation of ((signed char)-1).
> 
> That's not conversions.

That's not a conversion of minus_one, anyway.

-- 
pete