Silent ctypes.struct layout change from native to Windows when bitfields are used

Bug report

Bug description:

Python 3.14 implements a special field _layout_ in ctypes.Structure that allows the programmer to explicitly choose the layout rules for bitfields used by either GCC/Clang or MSVC. The default layout is appropiate for the OS platform (MSVC on Windows, GCC otherwise) which is expected behaviour. It is also possible to use field _pack_ to change the layout to match the compiler. This is currently only implemented for the MSVC layout, not for GCC.

The problem is that using _pack_ on non-Windows systems silently switches the layout rules from GCC to MSVC, which is an unexpected layout by default on non-Windows systems. I propose that this case be handled as an error (NotImplementedError) rather than the silent layout switch. The error message may contain a hint that if the MSVC layout is indeed what is intended, one need to select it explicitly by setting field _layout_.

From the Zen of Python:

Explicit is better than implicit.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Errors should never pass silently.

Tested on 3.14a6

CPython versions tested on:

3.14

Operating systems tested on:

macOS

Linked PRs

• gh-133205

L’issue identifie ctypes.Structure ainsi que ses champs pack et layout comme point d’entrée. Suivez la gestion de la disposition des champs de bits sur les systèmes autres que Windows ainsi que ses tests ctypes, puis vérifiez qu’un comportement pack non pris en charge lève NotImplementedError, tandis qu’une disposition MSVC sélectionnée explicitement reste utilisable.