Thanks a lot for correcting my English. Next time, I will explicitly ask for a technical answer ;-)
In the code I gave, the memory area between p and (char*)p + l is valid. Let's suppose that we have char* c = new char[M]; // M > l A* p = reinterpret_cast<A*>(c); I also forgot to tell that this kind of code is used in an allocator. So please don't tell me that reinterpret_casts are not appropriate in that case. I just wondered why (char*&)p += l; could be differently compiled than p = reinterpret_cast<A*>(reinterpret_cast<char*>(p) + l); If you don't know, kindly avoid answers like "this is not defined in the C++ standard" (My message was also posted to gnu.gcc.help and gnu.g++.help) _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus
