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Issue 6800 - [CTFE] dangerous pointer casts should be rejected
Summary: [CTFE] dangerous pointer casts should be rejected
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: D
Classification: Unclassified
Component: dmd (show other issues)
Version: D2
Hardware: Other Windows
: P2 normal
Assignee: No Owner
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Keywords: accepts-invalid
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Reported: 2011-10-10 01:17 UTC by Don
Modified: 2015-06-09 05:11 UTC (History)
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Description Don 2011-10-10 01:17:58 UTC 
Some dangerous casts are currently accepted, but shouldn't be:

static assert({
    int *x = (new int[2]).ptr;
    double* ary= cast(double *)x;
    return true;
}());

This shouldn't compile. This is vaguely related to bug 6792; it's a type painting issue.