[Bug translator/5634] New: support pointer type punning

["fche at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

It would be helpful to have a syntax for pointer type casting,
for times when the static type of the pointer does not match
the dynamic (actual) type.  Currently, this requires embedded-C
code to get around.

Perhaps like this:
    $ptr("struct tcp_socket")->tcp_socket_field

A more C-like syntax would be:
 ((struct tcp_socket*)$ptr)->tcp_socket_field
but parsing that is much more complicated.

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           Summary: support pointer type punning
           Product: systemtap
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: translator
        AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: fche at redhat dot com


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5634

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