cast(size_t)&c != 0, but c is null

[Timothee Cour]

interface with C++ for example (for example extern(C++) classes )

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 2:31 AM, Maxim Fomin <maxim at maxim-fomin.ru> wrote:

> On Thursday, 16 May 2013 at 09:05:46 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 19:30:41 UTC, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
>>
>>> Won't this work?
>>> *cast(void**)&object
>>>
>>
>> Right question is "is this guaranteed to work by spec?".
>>
>
> Spec is silent about this but in practice this should work. Real question
> is here why would you want "pointer to class" when you have normal
> reference and what such "pointer" would give you.
>
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