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authorDaniel Friesel <daniel.friesel@uos.de>2019-06-28 07:46:40 +0200
committerDaniel Friesel <daniel.friesel@uos.de>2019-06-28 07:46:40 +0200
commitbfd8f297e6af00841d93e807e3e33e5a6e6e226e (patch)
tree127aaa12df65b8ae26be3b57f11b3fee8bcf34a3 /src/os/object
parent2c001e655002ee713457342197a7005217cd16b4 (diff)
XDR: Add notes about undefined behaviour
Diffstat (limited to 'src/os/object')
-rw-r--r--src/os/object/xdrinput.cc4
-rw-r--r--src/os/object/xdrstream.cc4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/os/object/xdrinput.cc b/src/os/object/xdrinput.cc
index 612244e..e722fdd 100644
--- a/src/os/object/xdrinput.cc
+++ b/src/os/object/xdrinput.cc
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ float XDRInput::get_float()
uint32_t i;
float f;
} v;
+ // Setting one member of a struct and then reading another is undefined
+ // behaviour, but works as intended in nearly any (embedded) compiler
v.i = get_uint32();
return v.f;
}
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ double XDRInput::get_double()
uint64_t i;
double d;
} v;
+ // Setting one member of a struct and then reading another is undefined
+ // behaviour, but works as intended in nearly any (embedded) compiler
v.i = get_uint64();
return v.d;
}
diff --git a/src/os/object/xdrstream.cc b/src/os/object/xdrstream.cc
index ad708be..f0c9365 100644
--- a/src/os/object/xdrstream.cc
+++ b/src/os/object/xdrstream.cc
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ XDRStream & XDRStream::operator<<(float number)
uint32_t i;
float f;
} v;
+ // Setting one member of a struct and then reading another is undefined
+ // behaviour, but works as intended in nearly any (embedded) compiler
v.f = number;
*this << v.i;
return *this;
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ XDRStream & XDRStream::operator<<(double number)
uint64_t i;
double d;
} v;
+ // Setting one member of a struct and then reading another is undefined
+ // behaviour, but works as intended in nearly any (embedded) compiler
v.d = number;
*this << v.i;
return *this;