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> >
> > For instance:
> >       int x;
> >       daddr_t* y;
> >
> >      u.b_un.b_words = &x;
> >      y = u.b_un.b_daddr;
> 
> One would typically *not* do this.

One would think not, but the BSD kernel did.   That's the whole point.