diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f5c87550..f0f99dc5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
 enable_testing()
 
-add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
+add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -g -Weverything -Wpedantic -Werror -Wno-padded -Wno-c++98-compat -Wno-documentation -std=c++11)
 
 option(GLM_STATIC_LIBRARY_ENABLE "GLM static library" OFF)
 if(GLM_STATIC_LIBRARY_ENABLE)
diff --git a/glm/detail/func_common.inl b/glm/detail/func_common.inl
index a78e3d38..67fda483 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_common.inl
+++ b/glm/detail/func_common.inl
@@ -696,7 +696,15 @@ namespace detail
 
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER int floatBitsToInt(float const & v)
 	{
-		return reinterpret_cast<int&>(const_cast<float&>(v));
+		union
+		{
+			float in;
+			int out;
+		} u;
+
+		u.in = v;
+
+		return u.out;
 	}
 
 	template<template<length_t, typename, precision> class vecType, length_t L, precision P>
@@ -707,7 +715,15 @@ namespace detail
 
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER uint floatBitsToUint(float const & v)
 	{
-		return reinterpret_cast<uint&>(const_cast<float&>(v));
+		union
+		{
+			float in;
+			uint out;
+		} u;
+
+		u.in = v;
+
+		return u.out;
 	}
 
 	template<template<length_t, typename, precision> class vecType, length_t L, precision P>
@@ -718,7 +734,15 @@ namespace detail
 
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER float intBitsToFloat(int const & v)
 	{
-		return reinterpret_cast<float&>(const_cast<int&>(v));
+		union
+		{
+			int in;
+			float out;
+		} u;
+
+		u.in = v;
+
+		return u.out;
 	}
 
 	template<template<length_t, typename, precision> class vecType, length_t L, precision P>
@@ -729,7 +753,15 @@ namespace detail
 
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER float uintBitsToFloat(uint const & v)
 	{
-		return reinterpret_cast<float&>(const_cast<uint&>(v));
+		union
+		{
+			uint in;
+			float out;
+		} u;
+
+		u.in = v;
+
+		return u.out;
 	}
 
 	template<template<length_t, typename, precision> class vecType, length_t L, precision P>
diff --git a/glm/detail/func_common_simd.inl b/glm/detail/func_common_simd.inl
index e6daa269..2b6ac5fa 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_common_simd.inl
+++ b/glm/detail/func_common_simd.inl
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ namespace detail
 	{
 		GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER static vec<4, float, P> call(vec<4, float, P> const & x, vec<4, float, P> const & y, vec<4, bool, P> const & a)
 		{
-			__m128i const Load = _mm_set_epi32(-(int)a.w, -(int)a.z, -(int)a.y, -(int)a.x);
+			__m128i const Load = _mm_set_epi32(-static_cast<int>(a.w), -static_cast<int>(a.z), -static_cast<int>(a.y), -static_cast<int>(a.x));
 			__m128 const Mask = _mm_castsi128_ps(Load);
 
 			vec<4, float, P> Result(uninitialize);
diff --git a/glm/detail/func_integer.inl b/glm/detail/func_integer.inl
index d4b184c8..8c3b1dd0 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_integer.inl
+++ b/glm/detail/func_integer.inl
@@ -298,12 +298,12 @@ namespace detail
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vecType<L, T, P> bitfieldReverse(vecType<L, T, P> const& v)
 	{
 		vecType<L, T, P> x(v);
-		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>=  2>::call(x, T(0x5555555555555555ull), static_cast<T>( 1));
-		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>=  4>::call(x, T(0x3333333333333333ull), static_cast<T>( 2));
-		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>=  8>::call(x, T(0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0Full), static_cast<T>( 4));
-		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>= 16>::call(x, T(0x00FF00FF00FF00FFull), static_cast<T>( 8));
-		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>= 32>::call(x, T(0x0000FFFF0000FFFFull), static_cast<T>(16));
-		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>= 64>::call(x, T(0x00000000FFFFFFFFull), static_cast<T>(32));
+		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>=  2>::call(x, static_cast<T>(0x5555555555555555ull), static_cast<T>( 1));
+		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>=  4>::call(x, static_cast<T>(0x3333333333333333ull), static_cast<T>( 2));
+		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>=  8>::call(x, static_cast<T>(0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0Full), static_cast<T>( 4));
+		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>= 16>::call(x, static_cast<T>(0x00FF00FF00FF00FFull), static_cast<T>( 8));
+		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>= 32>::call(x, static_cast<T>(0x0000FFFF0000FFFFull), static_cast<T>(16));
+		x = detail::compute_bitfieldReverseStep<L, T, P, vecType, detail::is_aligned<P>::value, sizeof(T) * 8>= 64>::call(x, static_cast<T>(0x00000000FFFFFFFFull), static_cast<T>(32));
 		return x;
 	}
 
diff --git a/glm/detail/func_integer_simd.inl b/glm/detail/func_integer_simd.inl
index ddff75ba..095adfb9 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_integer_simd.inl
+++ b/glm/detail/func_integer_simd.inl
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ namespace detail
 	template<glm::precision P>
 	struct compute_bitfieldReverseStep<4, uint32, P, vec, true, true>
 	{
-		GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER static vec<4, uint32, P> call(vec<4, uint32, P> const & v, uint32 Mask, uint32 Shift)
+		GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER static vec<4, uint32, P> call(vec<4, uint32, P> const& v, uint32 Mask, uint32 Shift)
 		{
 			__m128i const set0 = v.data;
 
-			__m128i const set1 = _mm_set1_epi32(Mask);
+			__m128i const set1 = _mm_set1_epi32(static_cast<int>(Mask));
 			__m128i const and1 = _mm_and_si128(set0, set1);
 			__m128i const sft1 = _mm_slli_epi32(and1, Shift);
 
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ namespace detail
 	template<glm::precision P>
 	struct compute_bitfieldBitCountStep<4, uint32, P, vec, true, true>
 	{
-		GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER static vec<4, uint32, P> call(vec<4, uint32, P> const & v, uint32 Mask, uint32 Shift)
+		GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER static vec<4, uint32, P> call(vec<4, uint32, P> const& v, uint32 Mask, uint32 Shift)
 		{
 			__m128i const set0 = v.data;
 
-			__m128i const set1 = _mm_set1_epi32(Mask);
+			__m128i const set1 = _mm_set1_epi32(static_cast<int>(Mask));
 			__m128i const and0 = _mm_and_si128(set0, set1);
 			__m128i const sft0 = _mm_slli_epi32(set0, Shift);
 			__m128i const and1 = _mm_and_si128(sft0, set1);
diff --git a/glm/detail/func_matrix_simd.inl b/glm/detail/func_matrix_simd.inl
index 99491866..bf5e5ee8 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_matrix_simd.inl
+++ b/glm/detail/func_matrix_simd.inl
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ namespace detail
 		{
 			mat<4, 4, float, P> result(uninitialize);
 			glm_mat4_matrixCompMult(
-				*(glm_vec4 const (*)[4])&x[0].data,
-				*(glm_vec4 const (*)[4])&y[0].data,
-				*(glm_vec4(*)[4])&result[0].data);
+				*static_cast<glm_vec4 const (*)[4]>(&x[0].data),
+				*static_cast<glm_vec4 const (*)[4]>(&y[0].data),
+				*static_cast<glm_vec4(*)[4]>(&result[0].data));
 			return result;
 		}
 	};
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ namespace detail
 		{
 			mat<4, 4, float, P> result(uninitialize);
 			glm_mat4_transpose(
-				*(glm_vec4 const (*)[4])&m[0].data,
-				*(glm_vec4(*)[4])&result[0].data);
+				*static_cast<glm_vec4 const (*)[4]>(&m[0].data),
+				*static_cast<glm_vec4(*)[4]>(&result[0].data));
 			return result;
 		}
 	};
diff --git a/glm/detail/type_half.inl b/glm/detail/type_half.inl
index 78d3e261..fa049f7e 100644
--- a/glm/detail/type_half.inl
+++ b/glm/detail/type_half.inl
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace detail
 				//
 
 				detail::uif32 result;
-				result.i = (unsigned int)(s << 31);
+				result.i = static_cast<unsigned int>(s << 31);
 				return result.f;
 			}
 			else
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace detail
 				//
 
 				uif32 result;
-				result.i = (unsigned int)((s << 31) | 0x7f800000);
+				result.i = static_cast<unsigned int>((s << 31) | 0x7f800000);
 				return result.f;
 			}
 			else
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace detail
 				//
 
 				uif32 result;
-				result.i = (unsigned int)((s << 31) | 0x7f800000 | (m << 13));
+				result.i = static_cast<unsigned int>((s << 31) | 0x7f800000 | (m << 13));
 				return result.f;
 			}
 		}
@@ -101,15 +101,15 @@ namespace detail
 		//
 
 		uif32 Result;
-		Result.i = (unsigned int)((s << 31) | (e << 23) | m);
+		Result.i = static_cast<unsigned int>((s << 31) | (e << 23) | m);
 		return Result.f;
 	}
 
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER hdata toFloat16(float const & f)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER hdata toFloat16(float const& f)
 	{
 		uif32 Entry;
 		Entry.f = f;
-		int i = (int)Entry.i;
+		int i = static_cast<int>(Entry.i);
 
 		//
 		// Our floating point number, f, is represented by the bit
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f5181bc6..e2d75ca3 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ glm::mat4 camera(float Translate, glm::vec2 const & Rotate)
 - Added FAQ 12: Windows headers cause build errors... #557
 - Removed GCC shadow warnings #595
 - Added error for including of different versions of GLM #619
-- Added GLM_FORCE_IGNORE_VERSION to ignore error caused by including different version of GLM #619 
+- Added GLM_FORCE_IGNORE_VERSION to ignore error caused by including different version of GLM #619
+- Reduced warnings when using very strict compilation flags #646 
 
 #### Fixes:
 - Removed doxygen references to GTC_half_float which was removed in 0.9.4