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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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[–] Gobbel2000@programming.dev 21 points 4 days ago

I'm all for having the ability to do these shenanigans in principle, but prefer if they are guarded in an unsafe block.