Re: Union copy

[Luís.Marques]

On Wednesday, 23 October 2013 at 18:19:14 UTC, Luís Marques wrote:

    void main()
    {
        long srcL = 0x7ff7a50200000000;
        double* srcD = cast(double*) &srcL;
        double dst = *srcD;

        writef("src: %x\n", srcL);
        writef("dst: %x\n", *cast(long*) cast(void*) &dst);
    }

If this is valid, the question seems to be why the quiet/signaling flag is changed.

(changed during the dst = *srcD assignment, I suppose):

    src: 7ff7a50200000000
    dst: 7fffa50200000000