Am 04.12.19 um 15:33 schrieb Oleg Endo: > On Wed, 2019-12-04 at 14:50 +0100, Klaus Doldinger wrote: >> Hello, >> >> does anybody see a possibility to perform a compiletime-check to verify >> that a bit of a bit-field is at an exact position of the underlying type? >> >> I would see a possible using the forecoming std::bit_cast, but what can >> one do with c++17? >> > > Perhaps have a look at this approach > https://blog.codef00.com/2014/12/06/portable-bitfields-using-c11/ Well, I don't think this is correct, since reading/writing from a non-active member of a union leads to UB. So, I think the blog-post ist simply wrong.