remove dumb idea of a union of pointers

2 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/RTree.cpp b/src/RTree.cpp
index f77d0697..fcefdbcf 100644
--- a/src/RTree.cpp
+++ b/src/RTree.cpp
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ template<typename T> T* rtree_pool<T>::construct()
 template<typename T> void rtree_pool<T>::free(T* ptr)
 {
     ptr->~T();
-    node_p p = {.ptr = ptr };
-    node_u* n = p.data_ptr;
+    auto* n = reinterpret_cast<node_u*>(ptr);
     n->next = free_list;
     free_list = n;
 }
diff --git a/src/RTree.h b/src/RTree.h
index 7b8eeb7c..6cf0292e 100644
--- a/src/RTree.h
+++ b/src/RTree.h
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ template<typename T> struct rtree_pool final
         union { T data; };
         node_u* next;
     };
-    union node_p {
-        T* ptr;
-        node_u* data_ptr;
-    };
 
 private:
     node_u* free_list = nullptr;