On Wed, 07 Jun 2023 17:56:13 +0200 Nico Boehr <nrb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Quoting Janosch Frank (2023-06-01 09:42:48) > [...] > > I've come to like static asserts for huge structs and bitfields since > > they can safe you from a *lot* of headaches. > > I generally agree and I add a _Static_assert but I want to mention the > usefulness is a bit limited in this case, since we have a bitfield inside a > union. So it only really helps if you manage to exceed the size of mask. better than nothing :) if the struct becomes too big, the assert will catch it > > There really is no way around the stuff I put in the selftests. > > I could of course try to make that code _Static_asserts but it will not be > pretty. I think just a couple of asserts to make sure things aren't __too__ crazy would be good enough