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Ray Blaak wrote:
> You most certainly can:
>        typedef void (*FUNC)();
>        int i = 0;
>        FUNC f = (FUNC) &i;
> 
> That this crashes with access violations on a sane OS is a good thing, but
> nothing in the language is preventing the code/data conversions.

False. The typecast '(FUNC)&i' is not legal standard C or C++.
It's not even a case of undefined results - it's just illegal.
Some compilers permit it as an extension, though.