From: antispam@fricas.org   
      
   highcrew  wrote:   
   > On 1/6/26 3:50 PM, Waldek Hebisch wrote:   
   >> Well, '(void)*foo' effectively says "foo" is not a null pointer   
   >> (otherwise if would be undefined behaviour).  Good optimizer   
   >> will_not_ dereference foo, but keep information for further   
   >> use.   
   >   
   > Hehe, now that I understand more of UB, that is correct, but   
   > I don't think you can *rely* on the optimizer behavior, can you?   
      
   Well, there is no warranty, but IME gcc is pretty reliable at   
   removing such accesses.   
      
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