[vlc-devel] [PATCH] Embed vlc_object_t for subtyping (strict aliasing)

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le sunnuntaina 10. kesäkuuta 2018, 20.34.40 EEST Romain Vimont a écrit :
> With strict aliasing enabled, it is undefined to access a field after a
> cast to an unrelated type, even if both types declare the same field.

True.

Nevertheless the minimalistic type safety of VLC_OBJECT() has saved many asses 
many times, and I don't want to ditch it without a replacement that is not at 
least as safe. So not a plain dumb unchecked cast.

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