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Subject: [Bug c++/99637] New: bit_cast doesn't work with padding bits and it
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:46:44 +0000
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https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D99637

            Bug ID: 99637
           Summary: bit_cast doesn't work with padding bits and it should
           Product: gcc
           Version: 11.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c++
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: hanicka at hanicka dot net
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Standard states in https://eel.is/c++draft/bit.cast#2 "Padding bits of the
result are unspecified."

Current trunk GCC (11.0.1 20210316) gives error in presence of padding bits:

https://compiler-explorer.com/z/MhKMb5

```
struct my_field
{
    // change size to 64 and it will work
    unsigned long long a : 63;
};

constexpr unsigned long long get_value(const auto & val) noexcept {
    static_assert(sizeof(val) =3D=3D sizeof(unsigned long long));

    return __builtin_bit_cast(unsigned long long, val);
}

constexpr auto f =3D my_field{0};
constexpr auto v =3D get_value(f);
```

this is the error message GCC gives, but this shouldn't be a hard error

```
<source>:14:29:   in 'constexpr' expansion of 'get_value<my_field>(f)'
<source>:10:31: error: '__builtin_bit_cast' accessing uninitialized byte at
offset 7
   10 |     return __builtin_bit_cast(unsigned long long, val);
```=