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Subject: Re: converting pointer to value
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On Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 1:09:24 PM UTC-7, Simon Wright wrote:
> Shark8 writes: 
> 
> > if they did not have the same representation you would 
> > have to use UNCHECKED_CONVERSION
> and you'd be in a world of pain
Not necessarily, as the registers of x86 show with AX overlaid upon AH+AL, absolutely not the same representation, unchecked_conversion (or address-overlay) would be a perfectly fine way to model the situation.
But the given situation: a 16-bit integer and an address-type? / That's just asking for pain.