zig/test/cases/ptrcast.zig

const builtin = @import("builtin");
const std = @import("std");
const assertOrPanic = std.debug.assertOrPanic;

test "reinterpret bytes as integer with nonzero offset" {
    testReinterpretBytesAsInteger();
    comptime testReinterpretBytesAsInteger();
}

fn testReinterpretBytesAsInteger() void {
    const bytes = "\x12\x34\x56\x78\xab";
    const expected = switch (builtin.endian) {
        builtin.Endian.Little => 0xab785634,
        builtin.Endian.Big => 0x345678ab,
    };
    assertOrPanic(@ptrCast(*align(1) const u32, bytes[1..5].ptr).* == expected);
}

test "reinterpret bytes of an array into an extern struct" {
    testReinterpretBytesAsExternStruct();
    comptime testReinterpretBytesAsExternStruct();
}

fn testReinterpretBytesAsExternStruct() void {
    var bytes align(2) = []u8{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 };

    const S = extern struct {
        a: u8,
        b: u16,
        c: u8,
    };

    var ptr = @ptrCast(*const S, &bytes);
    var val = ptr.c;
    assertOrPanic(val == 5);
}