On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 7:06 AM Jens Maurer <Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 02/05/2022 03.29, Brian Bi via Std-Discussion wrote:
> > The standard has the following to say about the common initial sequence,
> [class.mem.general] paragraphs 23 through 26:
> >
> > The common initial sequence of two standard-layout struct
> ([class.prop]) types is the longest sequence of non-static data members and
> bit-fields in declaration order, starting with the first such entity in
> each of the structs, such that corresponding entities have
> layout-compatible types ([basic.types]), either both entities are declared
> with the no_­unique_­address attribute ([dcl.attr.nouniqueaddr]) or neither
> is, and either both entities are bit-fields with the same width or neither
> is a bit-field.
>
> [...]
>
> > There is no requirement that corresponding non-static members have the
> same alignment, so it appears that these two structs are layout-compatible,
> for example:
>
> Yes, that looks like a bug in the standard.
>
> If you have a github account, feel free to create an issue here:
>
> https://github.com/cplusplus/CWG/issues


Thanks, for some reason I thought github was only for "editorial" issues.

If we can submit non-editorial issues on github now, it seems that
https://isocpp.org/std/submit-issue might be out of date. (Or does the
wg21bot_at_[hidden] address automatically open up an issue on github?)


>
>
> Jens
>

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*Brian Bi*