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Hello, I'd like to implement the gnu attribute "scalar_storage_order" to mark structs with non-native endianness. My rational is working on network protocols over little endian architecture (for instance: RiscV). An old bug is open on this issue here: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35293 I'd like to discuss the possible ways to implement this. T...

...the fact that the size of the package is small (50..200 bytes), it is only permissible to apply maximally compact binary data exchange protocols. As an example, here some sample in C: #include <stdint.h> #include <stdbool.h> struct __attribute__((packed)) { uint8_t A; __attribute__((scalar_storage_order("big"))) int16_t B; float C; unsigned int D:3; signed int E:7; bool F; } Packet; void encode() { Packet.A=1; Packet.B=2; // integers Packet.C=3; // float Packet.E=4; Packet.E=-5; // bit field integers Packet.F = true; // boolean } The problem is this definition must be really p...