fbc: github # 203: allow casts of addresses on static initializers #274
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To address #203 where it's not possible to convert / cast static initializers even though should be considered safe to do so.
Explicit casting of static initializers should be allowed if the sizes match.
Under the hood in fbc the conversion of an address cannot be constant folded since the symbol name needs to be emitted to the assembler, therefore evaluation of the conversion / cast is delayed until the initializer is flushed to the initializing assignment.
Take care casting away a procedures type though,
see sf.net # 889 Complex/compact syntax unsupported by gcc