The way this union was accessed is not covered by the C++ standard and
was therefore undefined behavior. Therefore, the code was rewritten to
stick to standard C++.
According to Qt's documentation the PCH header doesn't need to be included.
From https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-precompiledheaders.html:
"To make your project use precompiled headers, you only need to define the PRECOMPILED_HEADER variable in your project file."
"qmake will handle the rest, to ensure the creation and use of the precompiled header file. You do not need to include the precompiled header file in HEADERS, as qmake will do this if the configuration supports precompiled headers."
