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Randy wrote: > I think Frank Soltis probably has the last and authoritative word on > the subject. Authoritative certainly, but last? Round here that's a bit optimistic. :-) > Anyone else who creates a pointer, copies a pointer, or modifies a > pointer has NO WAY [emphasis added] to turn the tag bits on and will > end up with a useless 16-byte entity. My understanding of Leif's argument is that it is possible to disable the code that detects that the tag is off. I have no idea whether he's right or wrong. Dave... =========================== The opinions expressed in this communication are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
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