------- Comment #8 from pluto at agmk dot net 2007-02-14 22:24 ------- still bad :/
float convert( unsigned in ) { float f; __builtin_memcpy( &f, &in, sizeof( in ) ); return f; } unsigned short load( void* p ) { unsigned short v; __builtin_memcpy( &v, p, sizeof( v ) ); return v; } convert: movl %edi, -4(%rsp) movss -4(%rsp), %xmm1 movaps %xmm1, %xmm0 ret load: movzwl (%rdi), %eax movw %ax, -2(%rsp) movzwl %ax, %eax ret gcc-42 (20070207) -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27567