Not casting float to int, it violates strict aliasing rule

Author: TianyiChen

include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp

@@ -2803,10 +2803,11 @@ class binary_reader
         {
             return;
         }
-        // convert float types to int types of the same size
-        using swap_t = std::conditional<sz == 2, std::uint16_t, typename std::conditional<sz == 4, std::uint32_t, std::uint64_t>::type>::type;
-        swap_t& number_ref = reinterpret_cast<swap_t&>(number);
-        number_ref = std::byteswap(number_ref);
+        if constexpr(std::is_integral_v<NumberType>)
+        {
+            number = std::byteswap(number);
+            return;
+        }
 #else
         auto* ptr = reinterpret_cast<std::uint8_t*>(&number);
         for (std::size_t i = 0; i < sz / 2; ++i)

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -12101,10 +12101,11 @@ class binary_reader
         {
             return;
         }
-        // convert float types to int types of the same size
-        using swap_t = std::conditional<sz == 2, std::uint16_t, typename std::conditional<sz == 4, std::uint32_t, std::uint64_t>::type>::type;
-        swap_t& number_ref = reinterpret_cast<swap_t&>(number);
-        number_ref = std::byteswap(number_ref);
+        if constexpr(std::is_integral_v<NumberType>)
+        {
+            number = std::byteswap(number);
+            return;
+        }
 #else
         auto* ptr = reinterpret_cast<std::uint8_t*>(&number);
         for (std::size_t i = 0; i < sz / 2; ++i)