Is it possible to access SSBO (RWByteAddressBuffer in HLSL lingo) as a struct?

[redgpu]

Is there a shader code example how to do this in vcc? I know the GLSL and HLSL ways of doing this, but I don't know how vcc does it :) Thanks!

[redgpu]

And, logically, what about the used-to-be-nasty alignment issues in this case? Do you use scalar layout vulkan extensions to match the C behavior?

[redgpu]

Can I use int8, int16, int64 in such structs? Questions, questions... 😄

[Hugobros3]

I have not tested SSBOs specifically but it should be possible to create a global variable and put the right address space on it so that the generated SPIR-V conforms to what Vulkan wants. See shady.h and grammar.json for how those are defined

As far as alignment issues go, you can read the logic for it here, I don't do different layouts for address spaces so you will likely require the scalar layout extension or have to be careful with what data types you use.