you can certainly ignore them but it would be better to fix them.

the main development tree is at https://github.com/tinyos/tinyos-main

fork it, work on a branch, and then submit a pull request and I'll take a
look at it.

thanks for the attention to detail.


On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:45 PM, Michael Rink <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> when switching from avr-gcc 4.1.2 to 4.8.1 (avr8-gnu-toolchain
> 3.4.5.1522 [1])
> some code compiles with "dereferencing type-punned pointer" warnings.
>
> For example, if one includes the SHT21 components, then one gets
> something like
>
> tinyos-main/tos/chips/sht21/Sht21TempLogicP.nc: In function
> 'Sht21TempLogicP__signalDone__runTask':
> tinyos-main/tos/chips/sht21/Sht21TempLogicP.nc:165:9: warning:
> dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
> [-Wstrict-aliasing]
>      oldTempData =  *((nx_uint16_t*)buffer);
>          ^
>
>
> Can these warnings be ignored, or is it better to fix the corresponding
> lines of code?
> - e.g. analogously to
>     oldTempData = ((uint16_t)buffer[0] << 8) | buffer[1];
>
>
> Best regards
> Michael
>
> [1]
> http://distribute.atmel.no/tools/opensource/Atmel-AVR-GNU-Toolchain/3.4.5/
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