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~~No, that would result in a union sized incorrectly for 32 bit.~~ edit: Hello71 is correct, this statement makes no sense.

In hindsight I'm not sure what I meant by that statement. The union would be 8bytes long regardless of architecture, but other than wasting space on 32bit, accessing the 32bit...

you are correct, but that means you are back to where you were before and the union itself doesn't add anything. In fact, just using a plain pointer that isn't...

Hello71, yes, but my response was initially in reply to lethosor, so I had neglected to read back further up during our conversation

So this would be an easy fix I'd think, but I'm trying to wrap my head around the philosophy of this approach.... If we expressly set the flag, it sets...