Does the default opEquals include padding in the comparison? If so, how can the problems that arise with C++ interoperabilty be solved?

[Simon van Bernem]

On Wednesday, 21 October 2020 at 20:10:03 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Wednesday, 21 October 2020 at 19:23:43 UTC, Simon van Bernem 
> wrote:
>> The only explanation I can think of is that D memcmps the 
>> entire struct including the padding. Is this correct?
>>
>> If so, what can I do about this? Why doesn't the opEquals get 
>> modified appropriately even though the struct is extern(C++)? 
>> Can I tell D to only compare the non-padding parts? Or is 
>> there a msvc/clang compiler switch to tell them to initialize 
>> padding to 0?
>
> https://dlang.org/changelog/2.085.0.html#no-cmpsb

Thanks! Great to see this was already adressed.