On Tue, Sep 12, 2023, at 00:28, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > i'd go the opposite way and make it an anonymous union. > that would require c11, though. imo not exactly an outrageous > proposition in 2023, but ... Moving to C11 would get pushback because not all platforms that people care about support that compiler.[1] [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/004601d8ed6b$13a2f580$3ae8e080$@nexbridge.com/ -- Kristoffer Haugsbakk