Re: [PATCH v7 14/16] reftable: make reftable_record a tagged union

> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 8:44 PM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
> <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I didn't test the v6 on xlc on AIX 7.1, but found that it refuses to
>> compile this code (but the one on AIX 7.2 is OK with it):
>>
>>     "reftable/generic.c", line 135.26: 1506-196 (S) Initialization between types "char*" and "struct reftable_ref_record" is not allowed.
>>     "reftable/generic.c", line 147.26: 1506-196 (S) Initialization between types "char*" and "struct reftable_log_record" is not allowed.
>>     "reftable/writer.c", line 261.26: 1506-196 (S) Initialization between types "char*" and "struct reftable_ref_record" is not allowed.
>>     "reftable/writer.c", line 312.26: 1506-196 (S) Initialization between types "char*" and "struct reftable_log_record" is not allowed.
>>     "reftable/writer.c", line 406.45: 1506-196 (S) Initialization between types "unsigned long long" and "struct reftable_index_record" is not allowed.
>>
>
>> I.e. you're dereferencing a struct type here to get at its first member,
>
> No, that's not what I'm doing.
>
>> > +   struct reftable_record rec = {
>> > +             .type = BLOCK_TYPE_REF,
>> > +             .u.ref = *ref,
>> > +     };
>
> reftable_record is tagged union, and u.ref is a reftable_ref_record. I
> intend to shallow-copying the parameter (a reftable_record called
> 'ref') into 'rec.u.ref' , precisely as it is written.
>
> Does this patch pass the unittests?