5 files changed, 15 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/src/audioOutputs/audioOutput_ao.c b/src/audioOutputs/audioOutput_ao.c
index e7e201add..ed8eaa796 100644
--- a/src/audioOutputs/audioOutput_ao.c
+++ b/src/audioOutputs/audioOutput_ao.c
@@ -199,23 +199,6 @@ static int audioOutputAo_openDevice(AudioOutput * audioOutput)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * For whatever reason, libao wants a non-const pointer.  Let's hope
- * it does not write to the buffer, and use the union deconst hack to
- * work around this API misdesign.
- */
-static int ao_play_deconst(ao_device *device, const void *output_samples,
-			   uint_32 num_bytes)
-{
-	union {
-		const void *in;
-		void *out;
-	} u;
-
-	u.in = output_samples;
-	return ao_play(device, u.out, num_bytes);
-}
-
 static int audioOutputAo_play(AudioOutput * audioOutput,
 			      const char *playChunk, size_t size)
 {
@@ -229,7 +212,9 @@ static int audioOutputAo_play(AudioOutput * audioOutput,
 		chunk_size = (size_t)ad->writeSize > size
 			? size : (size_t)ad->writeSize;
 
-		if (ao_play_deconst(ad->device, playChunk, chunk_size) == 0) {
+		if (!ao_play(ad->device,
+		             (char *)deconst_ptr(playChunk),
+			     (uint_32)chunk_size)) {
 			audioOutputAo_error();
 			ERROR("closing audio device due to write error\n");
 			audioOutputAo_closeDevice(audioOutput);
diff --git a/src/audioOutputs/audioOutput_shout.c b/src/audioOutputs/audioOutput_shout.c
index 49d69eebd..c1f784986 100644
--- a/src/audioOutputs/audioOutput_shout.c
+++ b/src/audioOutputs/audioOutput_shout.c
@@ -390,11 +390,10 @@ static void myShout_closeDevice(AudioOutput * audioOutput)
 
 static void addTag(ShoutData *sd, const char *name, char *value)
 {
-	if (value) {
-		union const_hack u;
-		u.in = name;
-		vorbis_comment_add_tag(&(sd->vc), u.out, value);
-	}
+	if (value)
+		vorbis_comment_add_tag(&(sd->vc),
+		                       (char *)deconst_ptr(name),
+				       value);
 }
 
 static void copyTagToVorbisComment(ShoutData * sd)
@@ -637,7 +636,8 @@ static int myShout_play(AudioOutput * audioOutput,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < samples; i++) {
 		for (j = 0; j < sd->audioFormat->channels; j++) {
-			vorbbuf[j][i] = (*((mpd_sint16 *) playChunk)) / 32768.0;
+			vorbbuf[j][i] =
+			  (*((mpd_sint16 *)deconst_ptr(playChunk))) / 32768.0;
 			playChunk += bytes;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/charConv.c b/src/charConv.c
index c205e93e4..60bcc655a 100644
--- a/src/charConv.c
+++ b/src/charConv.c
@@ -95,22 +95,6 @@ int setCharSetConversion(const char *to, const char *from)
 #endif
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_ICONV
-static inline size_t deconst_iconv(iconv_t cd,
-				   const char **inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft,
-				   char **outbuf, size_t *outbytesleft)
-{
-	union {
-		const char **a;
-		char **b;
-	} deconst;
-
-	deconst.a = inbuf;
-
-	return iconv(cd, deconst.b, inbytesleft, outbuf, outbytesleft);
-}
-#endif
-
 char *char_conv_str(char *dest, const char *string)
 {
 	if (!char_conv_to)
@@ -132,11 +116,12 @@ char *char_conv_str(char *dest, const char *string)
 		dest[0] = '\0';
 
 		while (inleft) {
+			char *inbuf = deconst_ptr(string);
+
 			bufferPtr = buffer;
 			outleft = BUFFER_SIZE;
-			err =
-			    deconst_iconv(char_conv_iconv, &string, &inleft,
-					  &bufferPtr, &outleft);
+			err = iconv(char_conv_iconv, &inbuf,
+			            &inleft, &bufferPtr, &outleft);
 			if (outleft == BUFFER_SIZE
 			    || (err == (size_t)-1L && errno != E2BIG)) {
 				return NULL;
diff --git a/src/list.c b/src/list.c
index 0f1f31ad4..bc158c513 100644
--- a/src/list.c
+++ b/src/list.c
@@ -301,11 +301,6 @@ int deleteFromList(List * list, const char *key)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static void free_const_string(const char *p)
-{
-	free((char *)p);
-}
-
 void deleteNodeFromList(List * list, ListNode * node)
 {
 	assert(list != NULL);
@@ -326,7 +321,7 @@ void deleteNodeFromList(List * list, ListNode * node)
 	}
 
 	if (list->strdupKeys)
-		free_const_string(node->key);
+		free(deconst_ptr(node->key));
 	free(node);
 	list->numberOfNodes--;
 
@@ -353,7 +348,7 @@ void freeList(void *list)
 	while (tmpNode != NULL) {
 		tmpNode2 = tmpNode->nextNode;
 		if (((List *) list)->strdupKeys)
-			free_const_string(tmpNode->key);
+			free(deconst_ptr(tmpNode->key));
 		if (((List *) list)->freeDataFunc) {
 			((List *) list)->freeDataFunc(tmpNode->data);
 		}
diff --git a/src/mpd_types.h b/src/mpd_types.h
index ed573c4a4..dbdfc6865 100644
--- a/src/mpd_types.h
+++ b/src/mpd_types.h
@@ -40,9 +40,4 @@ typedef unsigned long mpd_uint32;
 typedef signed long mpd_sint32;
 #endif
 
-union const_hack {
-	const char *in;
-	char *out;
-};
-
 #endif