Darren New wrote:
> """
> The C++ language guarantees there are no bits that are part of two 
> distinct bytes. This means a change to one byte will never cause a 
> change to a different byte.
> """
> 
> I wish he'd actually cited the part of the standard that says things 
> like this. It would be interesting to know how it was actually worded.

Actually, thinking on this, it's obviously impossible to follow the 
standards on any machine with virtual addressing, too. It's easy to tell 
Linux (or at least the CPU, even if Linux prevents it) to map the same byte 
to lots of different locations.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.

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