Cutting down the quoting a bit.
I understand the arguments against having an unaligned packed struct.
But it is precisely what we have in the current code base. All IPv6
addresses are uint8_t[16] arrays. And nobody ever complained about it.
Since this rework is already massive, could we proceed in steps?
First, I can replace all uint8_t[16] arrays by an unaligned packed
struct which is 99% of the work.
Second, *if there is a real and measurable performance gain*, change
that structure to remove explicit alignment.
Does this sound like a good plan to everyone?
