Is it not guaranteed? Looking at this question [1] on StackOverflow and the quotes from the standard included in the question, it seems that the value should be

Is it not guaranteed? Looking at this question [1] on StackOverflow and the quotes from the standard included in the question, it seems that the value should be preserved. (It raises the issue of whether (char※)iq should technically be (char※)(void※)iq if this were C code, but the (void※) cast can be inserted without changing anything about the problems discussed in the article.) [1] https://stackoverflow.com/q/34291377 https://stackoverflow.com/q/34291377