Aliasing warnings in multiprocessing.c

[pitrou]

BPO	8624
Nosy	@brettcannon, @pitrou, @sandrotosi

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2011-03-28.22:10:12.089>
created_at = <Date 2010-05-05.13:58:53.388>
labels = ['extension-modules', 'type-bug']
title = 'Aliasing warnings in multiprocessing.c'
updated_at = <Date 2011-03-28.22:10:12.088>
user = 'https://github.com/pitrou'

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activity = <Date 2011-03-28.22:10:12.088>
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components = ['Extension Modules']
creation = <Date 2010-05-05.13:58:53.388>
creator = 'pitrou'
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issue_num = 8624
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'out of date'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue8624'
versions = ['Python 3.2']

[pitrou]

This is on py3k, with gcc 4.4.3:

/home/antoine/py3k/svn/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c: In function 'multiprocessing_sendfd':
/home/antoine/py3k/svn/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c:125: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
/home/antoine/py3k/svn/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c: In function 'multiprocessing_recvfd':
/home/antoine/py3k/svn/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c:168: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules

[sandrotosi]

This was fixed in f8fc2d03d7e4 by Benjamin Peterson.