# Use of \`pointer\`

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/use-of-pointer/8849>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 2, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/use-of-pointer/8849 "2018-02-02T13:58:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/use-of-pointer/8849/5 "2018-02-03T17:36:44Z")

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> [@A plea for int overflow checking as the default](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-plea-for-int-overflow-checking-as-the-default/3338/67):
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> I were to actually do this with reinterpret, I would have to allocate an array twice

`reinterpret` doesn’t allocate a new array.

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