Kristján Valur Jónsson <krist...@ccpgames.com> added the comment: Interesting. I declare that this rule does not apply here since the code is a deliberate hack: We are pretending that a certain address points to integers and checking those integers. If you insist on following the standard, you could do
double cmp = 0; return mcmcmp(&cmp, fval, sizeof(fval)) == 0; but on all real machines this is the same as: PY_LONG_LONG cmp = 0; return mcmcmp(&cmp, fval, sizeof(fval)) == 0; Which again is the same as return *(PY_LONG_LONG*)&fval == 0; technically speaking, even if the standard doesn't agree. You could implement this with in-line assembly and so cheerfully sidestep the standard. When you're hacking, your're hacking and the standard isn't your friend :) Anyway, this proposal has been rejected due to lack of interest or some misguided idea of performance, so the point is moot. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14381> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
