Add a better comment to explain what is going on.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@2139 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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Chris Lattner 2002-04-07 08:31:26 +00:00
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@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ static double HexToFP(const char *Buffer) {
assert(sizeof(double) == sizeof(Result) && assert(sizeof(double) == sizeof(Result) &&
"Data sizes incompatible on this target!"); "Data sizes incompatible on this target!");
void *ProxyPointer = &Result; // Break TBAA correctly // 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 return *(double*)ProxyPointer; // Cast Hex constant to double
} }