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Re: representation of struct field offsets
> The only trouble you'll probably run into is with fields whose offset
> from the start of a structure is variable.
Exactly. That's the reason it's defined the way it is. There is no way
to synthesize that field from any other in the FIELD_DECL in the most
general case: it is unique information. I'm traveling now, but should be
able to give some examples of this early next week.