rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-bindgen
Consider flattening anonymous structs/unions into the parent struct.
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Description
As requested by @RReverser in #732.
This is slightly involved and requires a fair amount of tests, but should be doable.
Note the comments in #732 for some potential pitfalls. Implementing this would require to generate padding fields too.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the request and potential pitfalls in issue #732, then inspect the existing handling and tests for anonymous structs and unions. Add coverage for flattening them into the parent struct, including generated padding fields; done means the relevant tests pass and the generated bindings preserve the expected layout.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100