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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019, Adrien Destugues, pulkomandy@pulkomandy.tk.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+#ifndef _BYTE_POINTER_H
+#define _BYTE_POINTER_H
+
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+
+// Behaves like a char* pointer, but -> and & return the right pointed type.
+// Assumes the offsets passed to + and += maintain the alignment for the type.
+template<class T> struct BytePointer {
+	char* address;
+
+	BytePointer(void* base) { address = (char*)base; }
+
+	T* operator&() { return reinterpret_cast<T*>(address); }
+	T* operator->() { return reinterpret_cast<T*>(address); }
+	void operator+=(size_t offset) { address += offset; }
+	char* operator+(size_t offset) const { return address + offset; }
+};
+
+
+#endif