Reduce casting for objects #2485

Job	Run time
Check changelog formatting	8s
Check code formatting	40s
Get version info	19s
Lint Commit Message	0s
g2.dat	18s
Ubuntu Linux (AppImage, x86_64)	9m 15s
Ubuntu Linux (debug) using clang, coverage enabled	11m 52s
Ubuntu Linux (noble, debug, [http, network, flac, vorbis OpenGL] disabled) using clang	11m 5s
Android	14m 32s
Ubuntu Linux (Docker)	0s
Ubuntu Linux (noble, x86_64, portable)	11m 11s
macOS (x64) using CMake	3m 35s
Windows (win32)	7m 58s
Debian Linux (bookworm, x86_64, portable)	10m 28s
macOS (arm64) using CMake	3m 55s
Windows (x64)	8m 13s
Windows (win32) using mingw	8m 56s
Windows (arm64)	8m 40s
macOS universal app bundle	0s
Release	0s
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