[llvm] r174827 - ok, ok, stop fighting type punning warnings by just using a union.

[Chris Lattner]

Author: lattner
Date: Sun Feb 10 00:36:29 2013
New Revision: 174827

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=174827&view=rev
Log:
ok, ok, stop fighting type punning warnings by just using a union.

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Bitcode/BitstreamReader.h

Modified: llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Bitcode/BitstreamReader.h
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Bitcode/BitstreamReader.h?rev=174827&r1=174826&r2=174827&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Bitcode/BitstreamReader.h (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Bitcode/BitstreamReader.h Sun Feb 10 00:36:29 2013
@@ -364,13 +364,16 @@ public:
     uint32_t R = uint32_t(CurWord);
 
     // Read the next word from the stream.
-    char buf[sizeof(word_t)] = {0};
-    BitStream->getBitcodeBytes().readBytes(NextChar, sizeof(buf),
-                                           (uint8_t*)buf, NULL);
+    union {
+      uint8_t ArrayMember[sizeof(word_t)];
+      support::detail::packed_endian_specific_integral
+      <word_t, support::little, support::unaligned> EndianMember;
+    } buf = { { 0 } };
     
-    typedef support::detail::packed_endian_specific_integral
-       <word_t, support::little, support::unaligned> Endian_T;
-    CurWord = *(Endian_T*)buf;
+    BitStream->getBitcodeBytes().readBytes(NextChar, sizeof(buf),
+                                           buf.ArrayMember, NULL);
+    // Handle big-endian byte-swapping if necessary.
+    CurWord = buf.EndianMember;
 
     NextChar += sizeof(word_t);