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Subject: Re: Avoiding "assignment from incompatible pointer type" warning
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> > int *p;
> > float g = 3.141592653589793238;
> > p = (int *)&g;
> 
> Is this code legal?  I doubt it.
> 

What do you consider legal and why wouldn't it be?