HS> I thought I could just do a simple cast to the structure+1 (the
JB>extra byte
HS> is where the TYPE lies) and hence determine what the structure is.

JB>This is what unions are intended for, I admit the syntax is a little
JB>more
JB>cumbersome than the Pascal version (variant records) but it'll let you
JB>lose
JB>all the casts, and make your code more readable.

How?

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