Используйте союз, но помните о endianes.
union
{
uint8_t u8[8];
uint64_t u64;
}u64;
typedef union
{
uint8_t u8 [8];
uint64_t u64;
} U64;
typedef enum
{
LITTLE_E,
BIG_E,
}ENDIANESS;
ENDIANESS checkEndianess(void)
{
ENDIANESS result = BIG_E;
u64 d64 = {.u64 = 0xff};
if(d64.u8[0]) result = LITTLE_E;
return result;
}
uint64_t arrayToU64(uint8_t *array, ENDIANESS e) // for the array BE
{
u64 d64;
if(e == LITTLE_E)
{
memmove(&d64, array, sizeof(d64.u64));
}
else
{
for(int index = sizeof(d64.u64) - 1; index >= 0; index--)
{
d64.u8[sizeof(d64.u64) - index - 1] = array[index];
}
}
return d64.u64;
}
int main()
{
uint8_t BIG_E_Array[] = {0x10,0x20,0x30,0x40,0x50,0x60,0x70,0x80};
ENDIANESS e;
printf("This system endianess: %s\n", (e = checkEndianess()) == BIG_E ? "BIG":"LITTLE");
printf("Punned uint64_t for our system 0x%lx\n", arrayToU64(BIG_E_Array, e));
printf("Punned uint64_t for the opposite endianess system 0x%lx\n", arrayToU64(BIG_E_Array, e == BIG_E ? LITTLE_E : BIG_E));
return 0;
}