FIX: You receive a "System.NullReferenceException: object reference not set to an instance of an object" error message when you implement JIT optimization by using a float (813340)

RESOLUTION

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void float_fun(double a)
{
    *((float *)&a) = (float)a;
    while(1)
    {
        if(*((float *)&a))  break;
    }
}

int main()
{
     float_fun(1.00);
     return 0;
}