[llvm-commits] CVS: llvm/lib/AsmParser/Lexer.l

[Chris Lattner]

Changes in directory llvm/lib/AsmParser:

Lexer.l updated: 1.32 -> 1.33

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Log message:

Use a union to cast int to fp


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Diffs of the changes:

Index: llvm/lib/AsmParser/Lexer.l
diff -u llvm/lib/AsmParser/Lexer.l:1.32 llvm/lib/AsmParser/Lexer.l:1.33
--- llvm/lib/AsmParser/Lexer.l:1.32	Tue Apr 22 14:07:06 2003
+++ llvm/lib/AsmParser/Lexer.l	Tue Apr 22 15:20:28 2003
@@ -73,15 +73,17 @@
 // point representation of it.
 //
 static double HexToFP(const char *Buffer) {
-  uint64_t Result = HexIntToVal(Buffer);
-
-  assert(sizeof(double) == sizeof(Result) &&
-         "Data sizes incompatible on this target!");
   // Behave nicely in the face of C TBAA rules... see:
   // http://www.nullstone.com/htmls/category/aliastyp.htm
-  //
-  char *ProxyPointer = (char*)&Result;
-  return *(double*)ProxyPointer;   // Cast Hex constant to double
+  union {
+    uint64_t UI;
+    double FP;
+  } UIntToFP;
+  UIntToFP.UI = HexIntToVal(Buffer);
+
+  assert(sizeof(double) == sizeof(uint64_t) &&
+         "Data sizes incompatible on this target!");
+  return UIntToFP.FP;   // Cast Hex constant to double
 }