[Bug c++/36566] Cannot bind packed field

[rene.rahn@fu-berlin.de]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36566

--- Comment #13 from Rene Rahn <rene.rahn@fu-berlin.de> ---
(In reply to Eric Gallager from comment #12)
> (In reply to Rene Rahn from comment #10)
> > I know this is quite old now. But can someone explain me why using `#pragma
> > pack(push, 1)` does work then? I couldn't find enough resources on that. The
> > only thing I found is, that it does literally the same. But wouldn't then
> > the references/pointers still not be valid?
> > 
> > So if I change the code to:
> > 
> > ```
> > #pragma pack(push, 1)
> > struct Squeeze
> > {
> >     short   s;
> > };
> > #pragma pack(pop)
> > ```
> > 
> > Then it works on godbolt with gcc-trunk.
> 
> There are several bugs open about inconsistencies between
> __attribute__((packed)) and #pragma pack; see for example: bug 93910, bug
> 92900, bug 68160, and bug 60972

Ah great. Thanks for pointing to this.