[Bug middle-end/66110] uint8_t memory access not optimized

[rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66110

--- Comment #4 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
Ah, it for example breaks bootstrap via (broken...) -Wstrict-aliasing:

In file included from
/space/rguenther/src/svn/trunk/gcc/../libdecnumber/bid/decimal128Local.h:1:0,
                 from /space/rguenther/src/svn/trunk/gcc/dfp.c:43:
/space/rguenther/src/svn/trunk/gcc/dfp.c: In function ‘bool
decimal_real_arithmetic(real_value*, tree_code, const real_value*, const
real_value*)’:
/space/rguenther/src/svn/trunk/gcc/../libdecnumber/dpd/decimal128Local.h:40:8:
error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
[-Werror=strict-aliasing]
   { (d)->bytes[WORDS_BIGENDIAN ? 0 : 15] ^= 0x80; }
        ^
/space/rguenther/src/svn/trunk/gcc/dfp.c:704:2: note: in expansion of macro
‘decimal128FlipSign’
  decimal128FlipSign ((decimal128 *) r->sig);
  ^
/space/rguenther/src/svn/trunk/gcc/../libdecnumber/dpd/decimal128Local.h:36:8:
error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
[-Werror=strict-aliasing]
   { (d)->bytes[WORDS_BIGENDIAN ? 0 : 15] &= ~0x80; }
        ^
/space/rguenther/src/svn/trunk/gcc/dfp.c:714:2: note: in expansion of macro
‘decimal128ClearSign’
  decimal128ClearSign ((decimal128 *) r->sig);
  ^
/space/rguenther/src/svn/trunk/gcc/dfp.c: In function ‘void
decimal_real_maxval(real_value*, int, machine_mode)’:
/space/rguenther/src/svn/trunk/gcc/../libdecnumber/dpd/decimal128Local.h:32:8:
error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
[-Werror=strict-aliasing]
   { (d)->bytes[WORDS_BIGENDIAN ? 0 : 15] |= ((unsigned) (b) << 7); }
        ^
/space/rguenther/src/svn/trunk/gcc/dfp.c:754:5: note: in expansion of macro
‘decimal128SetSign’
     decimal128SetSign ((decimal128 *) r->sig, 1);
     ^
cc1plus: all warnings being treated as errors
make[3]: *** [dfp.o] Error 1


I remember dfp.c _does_ violate strict-aliasing.  Trying --disable-werror.