Simplify unions
diff --git a/src/hb-open-file-private.hh b/src/hb-open-file-private.hh
index f9fede3..066c3b2 100644
--- a/src/hb-open-file-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-open-file-private.hh
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
   {
     switch (u.header.version) {
     case 2: /* version 2 is compatible with version 1 */
-    case 1: return u.version1->get_face_count ();
+    case 1: return u.version1.get_face_count ();
     default:return 0;
     }
   }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
   {
     switch (u.header.version) {
     case 2: /* version 2 is compatible with version 1 */
-    case 1: return u.version1->get_face (i);
+    case 1: return u.version1.get_face (i);
     default:return Null(OpenTypeFontFace);
     }
   }
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     if (!u.header.version.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.header.version) {
     case 2: /* version 2 is compatible with version 1 */
-    case 1: return u.version1->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.version1.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
   FixedVersion	version;	/* Version of the TTC Header (1.0 or 2.0),
 				 * 0x00010000 or 0x00020000 */
   }			header;
-  TTCHeaderVersion1	version1[VAR];
+  TTCHeaderVersion1	version1;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
     case TrueTag:
     case Typ1Tag:
     case TrueTypeTag:	return 1;
-    case TTCTag:	return u.ttcHeader->get_face_count ();
+    case TTCTag:	return u.ttcHeader.get_face_count ();
     default:		return 0;
     }
   }
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@
     case CFFTag:	/* All the non-collection tags */
     case TrueTag:
     case Typ1Tag:
-    case TrueTypeTag:	return u.fontFace[0];
-    case TTCTag:	return u.ttcHeader->get_face (i);
+    case TrueTypeTag:	return u.fontFace;
+    case TTCTag:	return u.ttcHeader.get_face (i);
     default:		return Null(OpenTypeFontFace);
     }
   }
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@
     case CFFTag:	/* All the non-collection tags */
     case TrueTag:
     case Typ1Tag:
-    case TrueTypeTag:	return u.fontFace->sanitize (context);
-    case TTCTag:	return u.ttcHeader->sanitize (context);
+    case TrueTypeTag:	return u.fontFace.sanitize (context);
+    case TTCTag:	return u.ttcHeader.sanitize (context);
     default:		return true;
     }
   }
@@ -244,9 +244,11 @@
   private:
   union {
   Tag			tag;		/* 4-byte identifier. */
-  OpenTypeFontFace	fontFace[VAR];
-  TTCHeader		ttcHeader[VAR];
+  OpenTypeFontFace	fontFace;
+  TTCHeader		ttcHeader;
   } u;
+  public:
+  DEFINE_SIZE_UNION (4, tag);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-common-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-common-private.hh
index 7fadc2d..e5ecc8f 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-common-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-common-private.hh
@@ -420,8 +420,8 @@
   inline unsigned int get_coverage (hb_codepoint_t glyph_id) const
   {
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->get_coverage(glyph_id);
-    case 2: return u.format2->get_coverage(glyph_id);
+    case 1: return u.format1.get_coverage(glyph_id);
+    case 2: return u.format2.get_coverage(glyph_id);
     default:return NOT_COVERED;
     }
   }
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -439,8 +439,8 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  CoverageFormat1	format1[VAR];
-  CoverageFormat2	format2[VAR];
+  CoverageFormat1	format1;
+  CoverageFormat2	format2;
   } u;
   public:
   DEFINE_SIZE_UNION (2, format);
@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@
   inline hb_ot_layout_class_t get_class (hb_codepoint_t glyph_id) const
   {
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->get_class(glyph_id);
-    case 2: return u.format2->get_class(glyph_id);
+    case 1: return u.format1.get_class(glyph_id);
+    case 2: return u.format2.get_class(glyph_id);
     default:return 0;
     }
   }
@@ -552,8 +552,8 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -561,8 +561,8 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  ClassDefFormat1	format1[VAR];
-  ClassDefFormat2	format2[VAR];
+  ClassDefFormat1	format1;
+  ClassDefFormat2	format2;
   } u;
   public:
   DEFINE_SIZE_UNION (2, format);
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-gdef-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-gdef-private.hh
index cfad57a..517f9ef 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-gdef-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-gdef-private.hh
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@
   inline int get_caret_value (hb_ot_layout_context_t *context, hb_codepoint_t glyph_id) const
   {
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->get_caret_value (context, glyph_id);
-    case 2: return u.format2->get_caret_value (context, glyph_id);
-    case 3: return u.format3->get_caret_value (context, glyph_id);
+    case 1: return u.format1.get_caret_value (context, glyph_id);
+    case 2: return u.format2.get_caret_value (context, glyph_id);
+    case 3: return u.format3.get_caret_value (context, glyph_id);
     default:return 0;
     }
   }
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->sanitize (context);
-    case 3: return u.format3->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.sanitize (context);
+    case 3: return u.format3.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  CaretValueFormat1	format1[VAR];
-  CaretValueFormat2	format2[VAR];
-  CaretValueFormat3	format3[VAR];
+  CaretValueFormat1	format1;
+  CaretValueFormat2	format2;
+  CaretValueFormat3	format3;
   } u;
   public:
   DEFINE_SIZE_UNION (2, format);
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
   inline bool covers (unsigned int set_index, hb_codepoint_t glyph_id) const
   {
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->covers (set_index, glyph_id);
+    case 1: return u.format1.covers (set_index, glyph_id);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  MarkGlyphSetsFormat1	format1[VAR];
+  MarkGlyphSetsFormat1	format1;
   } u;
   public:
   DEFINE_SIZE_UNION (2, format);
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-gpos-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-gpos-private.hh
index fbbcea2..bbb0dca 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-gpos-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-gpos-private.hh
@@ -310,9 +310,9 @@
   {
     *x = *y = 0;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: u.format1->get_anchor (layout, glyph_id, x, y); return;
-    case 2: u.format2->get_anchor (layout, glyph_id, x, y); return;
-    case 3: u.format3->get_anchor (layout, glyph_id, x, y); return;
+    case 1: u.format1.get_anchor (layout, glyph_id, x, y); return;
+    case 2: u.format2.get_anchor (layout, glyph_id, x, y); return;
+    case 3: u.format3.get_anchor (layout, glyph_id, x, y); return;
     default:						    return;
     }
   }
@@ -321,9 +321,9 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->sanitize (context);
-    case 3: return u.format3->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.sanitize (context);
+    case 3: return u.format3.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  AnchorFormat1		format1[VAR];
-  AnchorFormat2		format2[VAR];
-  AnchorFormat3		format3[VAR];
+  AnchorFormat1		format1;
+  AnchorFormat2		format2;
+  AnchorFormat3		format3;
   } u;
   public:
   DEFINE_SIZE_UNION (2, format);
@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->apply (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  SinglePosFormat1	format1[VAR];
-  SinglePosFormat2	format2[VAR];
+  SinglePosFormat1	format1;
+  SinglePosFormat2	format2;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -771,8 +771,8 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->apply (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -781,8 +781,8 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -790,8 +790,8 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  PairPosFormat1	format1[VAR];
-  PairPosFormat2	format2[VAR];
+  PairPosFormat1	format1;
+  PairPosFormat2	format2;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  CursivePosFormat1	format1[VAR];
+  CursivePosFormat1	format1;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  MarkBasePosFormat1	format1[VAR];
+  MarkBasePosFormat1	format1;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  MarkLigPosFormat1	format1[VAR];
+  MarkLigPosFormat1	format1;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  MarkMarkPosFormat1	format1[VAR];
+  MarkMarkPosFormat1	format1;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -1445,15 +1445,15 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (lookup_type) {
-    case Single:		return u.single->apply (context);
-    case Pair:			return u.pair->apply (context);
-    case Cursive:		return u.cursive->apply (context);
-    case MarkBase:		return u.markBase->apply (context);
-    case MarkLig:		return u.markLig->apply (context);
-    case MarkMark:		return u.markMark->apply (context);
-    case Context:		return u.context->apply (context);
-    case ChainContext:		return u.chainContext->apply (context);
-    case Extension:		return u.extension->apply (context);
+    case Single:		return u.single.apply (context);
+    case Pair:			return u.pair.apply (context);
+    case Cursive:		return u.cursive.apply (context);
+    case MarkBase:		return u.markBase.apply (context);
+    case MarkLig:		return u.markLig.apply (context);
+    case MarkMark:		return u.markMark.apply (context);
+    case Context:		return u.context.apply (context);
+    case ChainContext:		return u.chainContext.apply (context);
+    case Extension:		return u.extension.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -1462,15 +1462,15 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case Single:		return u.single->sanitize (context);
-    case Pair:			return u.pair->sanitize (context);
-    case Cursive:		return u.cursive->sanitize (context);
-    case MarkBase:		return u.markBase->sanitize (context);
-    case MarkLig:		return u.markLig->sanitize (context);
-    case MarkMark:		return u.markMark->sanitize (context);
-    case Context:		return u.context->sanitize (context);
-    case ChainContext:		return u.chainContext->sanitize (context);
-    case Extension:		return u.extension->sanitize (context);
+    case Single:		return u.single.sanitize (context);
+    case Pair:			return u.pair.sanitize (context);
+    case Cursive:		return u.cursive.sanitize (context);
+    case MarkBase:		return u.markBase.sanitize (context);
+    case MarkLig:		return u.markLig.sanitize (context);
+    case MarkMark:		return u.markMark.sanitize (context);
+    case Context:		return u.context.sanitize (context);
+    case ChainContext:		return u.chainContext.sanitize (context);
+    case Extension:		return u.extension.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -1478,15 +1478,15 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;
-  SinglePos		single[VAR];
-  PairPos		pair[VAR];
-  CursivePos		cursive[VAR];
-  MarkBasePos		markBase[VAR];
-  MarkLigPos		markLig[VAR];
-  MarkMarkPos		markMark[VAR];
-  ContextPos		context[VAR];
-  ChainContextPos	chainContext[VAR];
-  ExtensionPos		extension[VAR];
+  SinglePos		single;
+  PairPos		pair;
+  CursivePos		cursive;
+  MarkBasePos		markBase;
+  MarkLigPos		markLig;
+  MarkMarkPos		markMark;
+  ContextPos		context;
+  ChainContextPos	chainContext;
+  ExtensionPos		extension;
   } u;
   public:
   DEFINE_SIZE_UNION (2, format);
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsub-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsub-private.hh
index 868503c..513913e 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsub-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsub-private.hh
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->apply (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  SingleSubstFormat1	format1[VAR];
-  SingleSubstFormat2	format2[VAR];
+  SingleSubstFormat1	format1;
+  SingleSubstFormat2	format2;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  MultipleSubstFormat1	format1[VAR];
+  MultipleSubstFormat1	format1;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  AlternateSubstFormat1	format1[VAR];
+  AlternateSubstFormat1	format1;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  LigatureSubstFormat1	format1[VAR];
+  LigatureSubstFormat1	format1;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT				format;		/* Format identifier */
-  ReverseChainSingleSubstFormat1	format1[VAR];
+  ReverseChainSingleSubstFormat1	format1;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -718,14 +718,14 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (lookup_type) {
-    case Single:		return u.single->apply (context);
-    case Multiple:		return u.multiple->apply (context);
-    case Alternate:		return u.alternate->apply (context);
-    case Ligature:		return u.ligature->apply (context);
-    case Context:		return u.context->apply (context);
-    case ChainContext:		return u.chainContext->apply (context);
-    case Extension:		return u.extension->apply (context);
-    case ReverseChainSingle:	return u.reverseChainContextSingle->apply (context);
+    case Single:		return u.single.apply (context);
+    case Multiple:		return u.multiple.apply (context);
+    case Alternate:		return u.alternate.apply (context);
+    case Ligature:		return u.ligature.apply (context);
+    case Context:		return u.context.apply (context);
+    case ChainContext:		return u.chainContext.apply (context);
+    case Extension:		return u.extension.apply (context);
+    case ReverseChainSingle:	return u.reverseChainContextSingle.apply (context);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -734,14 +734,14 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case Single:		return u.single->sanitize (context);
-    case Multiple:		return u.multiple->sanitize (context);
-    case Alternate:		return u.alternate->sanitize (context);
-    case Ligature:		return u.ligature->sanitize (context);
-    case Context:		return u.context->sanitize (context);
-    case ChainContext:		return u.chainContext->sanitize (context);
-    case Extension:		return u.extension->sanitize (context);
-    case ReverseChainSingle:	return u.reverseChainContextSingle->sanitize (context);
+    case Single:		return u.single.sanitize (context);
+    case Multiple:		return u.multiple.sanitize (context);
+    case Alternate:		return u.alternate.sanitize (context);
+    case Ligature:		return u.ligature.sanitize (context);
+    case Context:		return u.context.sanitize (context);
+    case ChainContext:		return u.chainContext.sanitize (context);
+    case Extension:		return u.extension.sanitize (context);
+    case ReverseChainSingle:	return u.reverseChainContextSingle.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -749,14 +749,14 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT			format;
-  SingleSubst			single[VAR];
-  MultipleSubst			multiple[VAR];
-  AlternateSubst		alternate[VAR];
-  LigatureSubst			ligature[VAR];
-  ContextSubst			context[VAR];
-  ChainContextSubst		chainContext[VAR];
-  ExtensionSubst		extension[VAR];
-  ReverseChainSingleSubst	reverseChainContextSingle[VAR];
+  SingleSubst			single;
+  MultipleSubst			multiple;
+  AlternateSubst		alternate;
+  LigatureSubst			ligature;
+  ContextSubst			context;
+  ChainContextSubst		chainContext;
+  ExtensionSubst		extension;
+  ReverseChainSingleSubst	reverseChainContextSingle;
   } u;
   public:
   DEFINE_SIZE_UNION (2, format);
@@ -805,9 +805,9 @@
        * This is rather slow to do this here for every glyph,
        * but it's easiest, and who uses extension lookups anyway?!*/
       unsigned int count = get_subtable_count ();
-      unsigned int type = get_subtable(0).u.extension->get_type ();
+      unsigned int type = get_subtable(0).u.extension.get_type ();
       for (unsigned int i = 1; i < count; i++)
-        if (get_subtable(i).u.extension->get_type () != type)
+        if (get_subtable(i).u.extension.get_type () != type)
 	  return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh
index 521d682..488ab1d 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh
@@ -477,9 +477,9 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context, apply_func);
-    case 2: return u.format2->apply (context, apply_func);
-    case 3: return u.format3->apply (context, apply_func);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context, apply_func);
+    case 2: return u.format2.apply (context, apply_func);
+    case 3: return u.format3.apply (context, apply_func);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -488,9 +488,9 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->sanitize (context);
-    case 3: return u.format3->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.sanitize (context);
+    case 3: return u.format3.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -498,9 +498,9 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  ContextFormat1	format1[VAR];
-  ContextFormat2	format2[VAR];
-  ContextFormat3	format3[VAR];
+  ContextFormat1	format1;
+  ContextFormat2	format2;
+  ContextFormat3	format3;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -796,9 +796,9 @@
   {
     TRACE_APPLY ();
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->apply (context, apply_func);
-    case 2: return u.format2->apply (context, apply_func);
-    case 3: return u.format3->apply (context, apply_func);
+    case 1: return u.format1.apply (context, apply_func);
+    case 2: return u.format2.apply (context, apply_func);
+    case 3: return u.format3.apply (context, apply_func);
     default:return false;
     }
   }
@@ -807,9 +807,9 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
-    case 2: return u.format2->sanitize (context);
-    case 3: return u.format3->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
+    case 2: return u.format2.sanitize (context);
+    case 3: return u.format3.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -817,9 +817,9 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;	/* Format identifier */
-  ChainContextFormat1	format1[VAR];
-  ChainContextFormat2	format2[VAR];
-  ChainContextFormat3	format3[VAR];
+  ChainContextFormat1	format1;
+  ChainContextFormat2	format2;
+  ChainContextFormat3	format3;
   } u;
 };
 
@@ -853,14 +853,14 @@
   inline unsigned int get_type (void) const
   {
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->get_type ();
+    case 1: return u.format1.get_type ();
     default:return 0;
     }
   }
   inline unsigned int get_offset (void) const
   {
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->get_offset ();
+    case 1: return u.format1.get_offset ();
     default:return 0;
     }
   }
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@
     TRACE_SANITIZE ();
     if (!u.format.sanitize (context)) return false;
     switch (u.format) {
-    case 1: return u.format1->sanitize (context);
+    case 1: return u.format1.sanitize (context);
     default:return true;
     }
   }
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@
   private:
   union {
   USHORT		format;		/* Format identifier */
-  ExtensionFormat1	format1[VAR];
+  ExtensionFormat1	format1;
   } u;
 };