Casting a struct onto variable length buffer
Is it possible to create struct that I can cast to a buffer of variable size? For example if I have some data that looks something like this:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| |
/ /
/ DATA /
| |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| NAME |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| TIME |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| ETC |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
Would it be possible to have a struct similar to this
typedef struct{
uint8_t data[];
uint8_t name;
uint8_t time;
uint8_t etc;
}Struct;
and then resize Struct.data at runtime to I can cast the structure directly onto the buffer?
I know I could just make a struct that uses pointers and have them point to parts of the buffer, but I was curious if this is possible because it would simplify my code and make it easier to read/use.
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