未定义的行为

union U {
    int a;
    short b;
    float c;
};
U u;

u.a = 10;
if (u.b == 10) {
   // this is undefined behavior since 'a' was the last member to be
   // written to. A lot of compilers will allow this and might issue a
   // warning, but the result will be "as expected"; this is a compiler
   // extension and cannot be guaranteed across compilers (i.e. this is
   // not compliant/portable code).
}