diff --git a/glm/detail/func_packing.hpp b/glm/detail/func_packing.hpp
index e2b25725..bce0fe52 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_packing.hpp
+++ b/glm/detail/func_packing.hpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace glm
 	/// 
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/unpackUnorm2x16.xml">GLSL unpackUnorm2x16 man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.4 Floating-Point Pack and Unpack Functions</a>
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL vec2 unpackUnorm2x16(uint const & p);
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL vec2 unpackUnorm2x16(uint p);
 
 	/// First, unpacks a single 32-bit unsigned integer p into a pair of 16-bit unsigned integers, four 8-bit unsigned integers, or four 8-bit signed integers. 
 	/// Then, each component is converted to a normalized floating-point value to generate the returned two- or four-component vector.
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ namespace glm
 	/// 
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/unpackSnorm2x16.xml">GLSL unpackSnorm2x16 man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.4 Floating-Point Pack and Unpack Functions</a>
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL vec2 unpackSnorm2x16(uint const & p);
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL vec2 unpackSnorm2x16(uint p);
 
 	/// First, unpacks a single 32-bit unsigned integer p into a pair of 16-bit unsigned integers, four 8-bit unsigned integers, or four 8-bit signed integers. 
 	/// Then, each component is converted to a normalized floating-point value to generate the returned two- or four-component vector.
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ namespace glm
 	/// 
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/unpackUnorm4x8.xml">GLSL unpackUnorm4x8 man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.4 Floating-Point Pack and Unpack Functions</a>
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL vec4 unpackUnorm4x8(uint const & p);
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL vec4 unpackUnorm4x8(uint p);
 
 	/// First, unpacks a single 32-bit unsigned integer p into a pair of 16-bit unsigned integers, four 8-bit unsigned integers, or four 8-bit signed integers. 
 	/// Then, each component is converted to a normalized floating-point value to generate the returned two- or four-component vector.
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace glm
 	/// 
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/unpackSnorm4x8.xml">GLSL unpackSnorm4x8 man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.4 Floating-Point Pack and Unpack Functions</a>
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL vec4 unpackSnorm4x8(uint const & p);
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL vec4 unpackSnorm4x8(uint p);
 
 	/// Returns a double-precision value obtained by packing the components of v into a 64-bit value. 
 	/// If an IEEE 754 Inf or NaN is created, it will not signal, and the resulting floating point value is unspecified. 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ namespace glm
 	/// 
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/unpackDouble2x32.xml">GLSL unpackDouble2x32 man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.4 Floating-Point Pack and Unpack Functions</a>
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL uvec2 unpackDouble2x32(double const & v);
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL uvec2 unpackDouble2x32(double v);
 
 	/// Returns an unsigned integer obtained by converting the components of a two-component floating-point vector 
 	/// to the 16-bit floating-point representation found in the OpenGL Specification, 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ namespace glm
 	/// 
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/unpackHalf2x16.xml">GLSL unpackHalf2x16 man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.4 Floating-Point Pack and Unpack Functions</a>
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL vec2 unpackHalf2x16(uint const & v);
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL vec2 unpackHalf2x16(uint v);
 	
 	/// @}
 }//namespace glm
diff --git a/glm/detail/func_packing.inl b/glm/detail/func_packing.inl
index e0d476e4..3132a279 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_packing.inl
+++ b/glm/detail/func_packing.inl
@@ -38,13 +38,11 @@ namespace glm
 {
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER uint packUnorm2x16(vec2 const & v)
 	{
-		u16vec2 Topack(round(clamp(v, 0.0f, 1.0f) * 65535.0f));
-		// return reinterpret_cast<uint&>(Topack);
-		uint* ptr(reinterpret_cast<uint*>(&Topack));
-		return *ptr;
+		u16vec2 const Topack(round(clamp(v, 0.0f, 1.0f) * 65535.0f));
+		return reinterpret_cast<uint const &>(Topack);
 	}
 
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vec2 unpackUnorm2x16(uint const & p)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vec2 unpackUnorm2x16(uint p)
 	{
 		vec2 Unpack(reinterpret_cast<u16vec2 const &>(p));
 		return Unpack * float(1.5259021896696421759365224689097e-5); // 1.0 / 65535.0
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ namespace glm
 		return reinterpret_cast<uint const &>(Topack);
 	}
 
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vec2 unpackSnorm2x16(uint const & p)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vec2 unpackSnorm2x16(uint p)
 	{
 		vec2 const Unpack(reinterpret_cast<i16vec2 const &>(p));
 		return clamp(
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ namespace glm
 		return reinterpret_cast<uint const &>(Topack);
 	}
 
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vec4 unpackUnorm4x8(uint const & p)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vec4 unpackUnorm4x8(uint p)
 	{
 		vec4 const Unpack(reinterpret_cast<u8vec4 const&>(p));
 		return Unpack * float(0.0039215686274509803921568627451); // 1 / 255
@@ -78,13 +76,13 @@ namespace glm
 	
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER uint packSnorm4x8(vec4 const & v)
 	{
-		i8vec4 Topack(round(clamp(v ,-1.0f, 1.0f) * 127.0f));
-		return reinterpret_cast<uint&>(Topack);
+		i8vec4 const Topack(round(clamp(v ,-1.0f, 1.0f) * 127.0f));
+		return reinterpret_cast<uint const &>(Topack);
 	}
 	
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER glm::vec4 unpackSnorm4x8(uint const & p)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER glm::vec4 unpackSnorm4x8(uint p)
 	{
-		vec4 Unpack(reinterpret_cast<i8vec4 const &>(p));
+		vec4 const Unpack(reinterpret_cast<i8vec4 const &>(p));
 		return clamp(
 			Unpack * 0.0078740157480315f, // 1.0f / 127.0f
 			-1.0f, 1.0f);
@@ -95,24 +93,23 @@ namespace glm
 		return reinterpret_cast<double const &>(v);
 	}
 
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER uvec2 unpackDouble2x32(double const & v)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER uvec2 unpackDouble2x32(double v)
 	{
 		return reinterpret_cast<uvec2 const &>(v);
 	}
 
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER uint packHalf2x16(vec2 const & v)
 	{
-		i16vec2 Unpack(
+		i16vec2 const Unpack(
 			detail::toFloat16(v.x),
 			detail::toFloat16(v.y));
 
-		uint * Result = reinterpret_cast<uint*>(&Unpack);
-		return *Result;
+		return reinterpret_cast<uint const &>(Unpack);
 	}
 
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vec2 unpackHalf2x16(uint const & v)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vec2 unpackHalf2x16(uint v)
 	{
-		i16vec2 Unpack(reinterpret_cast<i16vec2 const &>(v));
+		i16vec2 const Unpack(reinterpret_cast<i16vec2 const &>(v));
 	
 		return vec2(
 			detail::toFloat32(Unpack.x), 
diff --git a/glm/gtc/packing.inl b/glm/gtc/packing.inl
index 5d243977..58b1d59b 100644
--- a/glm/gtc/packing.inl
+++ b/glm/gtc/packing.inl
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ namespace detail
 	
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER uint16 packUnorm2x8(vec2 const & v)
 	{
-		u8vec2 Topack(round(clamp(v, 0.0f, 1.0f) * 255.0f));
+		u8vec2 const Topack(round(clamp(v, 0.0f, 1.0f) * 255.0f));
 		return reinterpret_cast<uint16 const &>(Topack);
 	}
 	
@@ -354,15 +354,13 @@ namespace detail
 
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER uint16 packHalf1x16(float v)
 	{
-		int16 Topack = detail::toFloat16(v);
-		uint16* Packed = reinterpret_cast<uint16*>(&Topack);
-		return *Packed;
+		int16 const Topack(detail::toFloat16(v));
+		return reinterpret_cast<uint16 const &>(Topack);
 	}
 
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER float unpackHalf1x16(uint16 v)
 	{
-		int16* Unpack = reinterpret_cast<int16*>(const_cast<uint16*>(&v));
-		return detail::toFloat32(*Unpack);
+		return detail::toFloat32(reinterpret_cast<int16 const &>(v));
 	}
 
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER uint64 packHalf4x16(glm::vec4 const & v)