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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: 64bit access to an array of 8bit values
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In article <5ee5b646.0203040229.6ffc7ee3@posting.google.com>, dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes:

<large snip>

> you want. There is nothing wrong with pointer conversion
> when it makes sense.

Probably there _is_ a problem with pointer conversion when it does
not make sense.  The issue is sorting out the two cases :-)