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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:23:26 GMT, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
> However, I don't think that it was really the intended behavior in this
> case. [ If access String is a fat pointer, then Unchecked_Conversion should
> not be allowed at all. Otherwise it must honor the String's dope. ]

I would agree that an unchecked conversion between an address and a fat 
pointer (or any two types of different sizes, for that matter) should at 
least trigger a warning.