# Bitstype homonyms?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitstype-homonyms/2027
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [February 10, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitstype-homonyms/2027 "2017-02-10T14:44:55Z")
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### Author:  [@JeffreySarnoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JeffreySarnoff)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitstype-homonyms/2027/1 "2017-02-10T14:44:55Z")
I have a 64-bit bitstype that is bit-equivalent to Float64 and does math as Float64 does. I can reinterpret one to the other. I would like to do something reinterpret-like with vectors and matricies (maybe StaticArrays) formed thereof. The goal is to avoid copying (in both directions) by some-sort-of type punning. With the understanding that this is _unsafe_ and would be an internal mechanism only, is there a way?
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitstype-homonyms/2027/2 "2017-02-10T15:02:39Z")
Do you mean something like:
```julia
julia> reinterpret(SVector{5, Float64}, rand(5,5), (5,1))
5×1 Array{StaticArrays.SVector{5,Float64},2}:
[0.26857,0.50109,0.820086,0.164511,0.861485]
[0.268779,0.0418737,0.0973738,0.478333,0.926014]
[0.395503,0.147222,0.153111,0.0439762,0.751799]
[0.0218796,0.725483,0.306756,0.272246,0.346762]
[0.954175,0.492579,0.392173,0.0514481,0.536747]
```
?
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### Author:  [@JeffreySarnoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JeffreySarnoff)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitstype-homonyms/2027/3 "2017-02-10T15:34:05Z")
@kristoffer.carlsson Now I see it. Thank you.