[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] strict-aliasing-safe aes.c

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:13:31PM +0200, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:02:15PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 05:55:30PM +0200, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > this uses AV_WN32A, AV_WN64A etc. macros.
> > > The generated code is the same on x86_64 (assuming I did not mess up that test).
> > 
> > >  aes.c |   20 +++++++++++++-------
> > >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > > 76705b63949d4abbe51b0d7d59537045ae91179a  aesalias.diff
> > 
> > this makes the code unreadable, iam thus against it.
> 
> Well, what is the alternative? The current code seems to not work with some compilers.

Before you flame too much, I think I have an idea.
I'm sure someone won't like it, but for now while it's
only in my head I do like it.
It should also solve the undocumented alignment requirement issue.
I'll try to send a patch this evening.