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I don't think that casting a range of bits as some other arbitrary type "is a bug nobody sees coming".

C++ compilers also warn you that this is likely an issue and will fail to compile if configured to do so. But it will let you do it if you really want to.

That's why I love C++

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[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

I don't know which is worse. Using C++ like lazy C, or using C++ like it was designed to be used.

[-] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

An acquaintance of mine once wrote a finite element method solver entirely in C++ templates.

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