--- deliantra/server/include/living.h	2006/12/25 11:25:49	1.10
+++ deliantra/server/include/living.h	2007/07/01 05:00:18	1.16
@@ -1,29 +1,31 @@
 /*
-    CrossFire, A Multiplayer game for X-windows
-
-    Copyright (C) 2002 Mark Wedel & Crossfire Development Team
-    Copyright (C) 1992 Frank Tore Johansen
-
-    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
-    The authors can be reached via e-mail at crossfire@schmorp.de
-*/
+ * This file is part of Crossfire TRT, the Roguelike Realtime MORPG.
+ * 
+ * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Crossfire TRT team
+ * Copyright (©) 2002,2007 Mark Wedel & Crossfire Development Team
+ * Copyright (©) 1992,2007 Frank Tore Johansen
+ * 
+ * Crossfire TRT is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * 
+ * The authors can be reached via e-mail to <crossfire@schmorp.de>
+ */
 
 #ifndef LIVING_H
 #define LIVING_H
 
+#include <cassert>
+
 // corresponds to some arrays in common/living.C
 enum {
   STR,
@@ -81,6 +83,32 @@
 
   sint16 ACC (RW, grace);	/* Grace.  Used to invoke clerical prayers. */
   sint16 ACC (RW, maxgrace);	/* Grace.  Used to invoke clerical prayers. */
+
+  // this method enforces field ordering and should not normally result in
+  // any code being generated strictly speaking, c++ compilers may reorder
+  // stat fields, so check for it and declare those compilers unsupported.
+  void check_ordering () const
+  {
+    assert ((sint8 *)&Str - (sint8 *)&Str == STR);
+    assert ((sint8 *)&Dex - (sint8 *)&Str == DEX);
+    assert ((sint8 *)&Con - (sint8 *)&Str == CON);
+    assert ((sint8 *)&Int - (sint8 *)&Str == INT);
+    assert ((sint8 *)&Wis - (sint8 *)&Str == WIS);
+    assert ((sint8 *)&Pow - (sint8 *)&Str == POW);
+    assert ((sint8 *)&Cha - (sint8 *)&Str == CHA);
+  }
+
+  sint8 &stat (int index)
+  {
+    check_ordering ();
+    return ((sint8 *)&Str)[index];
+  }
+
+  sint8 stat (int index) const
+  {
+    check_ordering ();
+    return ((const sint8 *)&Str)[index];
+  }
 };
 
 #endif