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Title:	EXP36-C. Do not cast pointers into more strictly aligned pointer types
Author:	cjohns	Apr 07, 2007
Last Changed by:	Caden Milne	Oct 31, 2024
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/u9UxBQ
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Time	Editor
Oct 31, 2024 09:14	Caden Milne	View Changes
Updated references from C11->C23
Oct 10, 2024 13:05	Swasti Shrivastava	View Changes
Oct 10, 2024 12:51	Swasti Shrivastava	View Changes
Jun 12, 2023 06:17	Michal Rozenau	View Changes
Parasoft C/C++test 2023.1
Apr 20, 2023 05:09	Jill Britton

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