Post #232660 2.48K Sep 22, 2026, 11:46 UTC Type Punning in C and C++Article, Comments Personal Workflow Blog Type Punning in C and C++ I had a bug that took me a while to track down. The problem was type punning. A pointer cast worked fine at -O0 and silently broke at -O2. The C vs C++ distinction here is genuinely treacherous, and most blog posts on the topic get it wrong. 👀 10 🌭 1