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To: "Joshua Nye" <josh@boxcarmedia.com>
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Subject: Re: Avoiding "assignment from incompatible pointer type" warning
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"Joshua Nye" <josh@boxcarmedia.com> writes:

> What you're looking for is a cast. i.e.:
>
> int *p;
> float g = 3.141592653589793238;
> p = (int *)&g;

Is this code legal?  I doubt it.