#[repr(packed)] pub struct Good { data: &'static u32, data2: [&'static u32; 2], aligned: [u8; 32], } fn main() { let good = Good { data: &0, data2: [&0, &0], aligned: [0; 32] }; let _ = &good.data; //~ ERROR reference to packed field //~| hard error let _ = &good.data2[0]; //~ ERROR reference to packed field //~| hard error let _ = &good.data; //~ ERROR reference to packed field //~| hard error let _ = &good.data2[0]; //~ ERROR reference to packed field //~| hard error let _ = &*good.data; // ok, behind a pointer let _ = &good.aligned; // ok, has align 1 let _ = &good.aligned[2]; // ok, has align 1 }