template<typename To, typename From>
To bit_cast(const From& from) {
  static_assert(sizeof(To) == sizeof(from));
  To result;
  memcpy(result, from, sizeof(from));
  return result;
}

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 7:51 AM, J. Daniel Garcia
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> Can you elaborate what such a thing would be?
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> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:11 AM, Lawrence Crowl <Lawrence_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> Did we standardize bit_cast at all?
>>
>> It would help avoid the almost overwhelming temptation
>> for programmers to do the wrong thing.
>>
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