There is a comment mentioning this. I do have a somewhat different view that you should minimize the number of "reinterpreting" casts (stealing the C++ terminol

There is a comment mentioning this. I do have a somewhat different view that you should minimize the number of "reinterpreting" casts (stealing the C++ terminology) in general, which is often ill-advised at the first place. This practice frequently eliminates the need for -fno-strict-aliasing.