diff --git a/glm/common.hpp b/glm/common.hpp
index 0328dc91..0a114eb9 100644
--- a/glm/common.hpp
+++ b/glm/common.hpp
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ namespace glm
 	///
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/floatBitsToUint.xml">GLSL floatBitsToUint man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.3 Common Functions</a>
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL uint floatBitsToUint(float const& v);
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL uint floatBitsToUint(float v);
 
 	/// Returns a unsigned integer value representing
 	/// the encoding of a floating-point value. The floatingpoint
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ namespace glm
 	///
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/intBitsToFloat.xml">GLSL intBitsToFloat man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.3 Common Functions</a>
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL float intBitsToFloat(int const& v);
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL float intBitsToFloat(int v);
 
 	/// Returns a floating-point value corresponding to a signed
 	/// integer encoding of a floating-point value.
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ namespace glm
 	///
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/uintBitsToFloat.xml">GLSL uintBitsToFloat man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.3 Common Functions</a>
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL float uintBitsToFloat(uint const& v);
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL float uintBitsToFloat(uint v);
 
 	/// Returns a floating-point value corresponding to a
 	/// unsigned integer encoding of a floating-point value.
diff --git a/glm/detail/func_common.inl b/glm/detail/func_common.inl
index 86560be9..f7a10168 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_common.inl
+++ b/glm/detail/func_common.inl
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ namespace detail
 		return Result;
 	}
 
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER int floatBitsToInt(float const& v)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER int floatBitsToInt(float v)
 	{
 		union
 		{
@@ -678,10 +678,10 @@ namespace detail
 	template<length_t L, qualifier Q>
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vec<L, int, Q> floatBitsToInt(vec<L, float, Q> const& v)
 	{
-		return reinterpret_cast<vec<L, int, Q>&>(const_cast<vec<L, float, Q>&>(v));
+		return detail::functor1<vec, L, int, float, Q>::call(floatBitsToInt, v);
 	}
 
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER uint floatBitsToUint(float const& v)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER uint floatBitsToUint(float v)
 	{
 		union
 		{
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ namespace detail
 	template<length_t L, qualifier Q>
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vec<L, uint, Q> floatBitsToUint(vec<L, float, Q> const& v)
 	{
-		return reinterpret_cast<vec<L, uint, Q>&>(const_cast<vec<L, float, Q>&>(v));
+		return detail::functor1<vec, L, uint, float, Q>::call(floatBitsToUint, v);
 	}
 
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER float intBitsToFloat(int const& v)
@@ -716,10 +716,10 @@ namespace detail
 	template<length_t L, qualifier Q>
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vec<L, float, Q> intBitsToFloat(vec<L, int, Q> const& v)
 	{
-		return reinterpret_cast<vec<L, float, Q>&>(const_cast<vec<L, int, Q>&>(v));
+		return detail::functor1<vec, L, float, int, Q>::call(intBitsToFloat, v);
 	}
 
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER float uintBitsToFloat(uint const& v)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER float uintBitsToFloat(uint v)
 	{
 		union
 		{
diff --git a/glm/detail/func_integer.inl b/glm/detail/func_integer.inl
index 0443debb..1d2b367d 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_integer.inl
+++ b/glm/detail/func_integer.inl
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ namespace detail
 #			pragma warning(disable : 4310) //cast truncates constant value
 #		endif
 
-		vec<L, typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type, Q> x(*reinterpret_cast<vec<L, typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type, Q> const *>(&v));
+		vec<L, typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type, Q> x(v);
 		x = detail::compute_bitfieldBitCountStep<L, typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type, Q, detail::is_aligned<Q>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>=  2>::call(x, typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type(0x5555555555555555ull), typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type( 1));
 		x = detail::compute_bitfieldBitCountStep<L, typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type, Q, detail::is_aligned<Q>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>=  4>::call(x, typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type(0x3333333333333333ull), typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type( 2));
 		x = detail::compute_bitfieldBitCountStep<L, typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type, Q, detail::is_aligned<Q>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>=  8>::call(x, typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type(0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0Full), typename detail::make_unsigned<T>::type( 4));