Re: integer types

[Andreas Schwab]

On Apr 05 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> If the pointer is to a narrower type, then dereferencing it will take
> only part of the bits of the integer value.  Depending on the
> endianness, that part could be the LSB (good) or MSB (bad).

A conversion operates on the value, not representation, so endianess
doesn't come into play.

On the other hand, converting an integer to a pointer and back does not
guarantee preservation of the integer value (unlike the other direction
as long as the intervening integer type is wide enough).

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