[cfe-dev] What the heck is going on here in IdentifierTable.h, clang::IdentifierInfo::getLength

[<Alexander G. Riccio> via cfe-dev]

What's going on with all the unsigned casts and the bitors? The actual
length is stored as a type punned value in the first 8 bytes of second?
Surely there's a safer and more sensible way to do this? Is this what
llvm::TrailingObjects is for? The fact that IndentifierInfo stores a
C-style string makes me nervous about this.



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