Add a conversion constructor so a bitunion can be initialized to a value.

Previously, the bitunion would need to be declared and then assigned to separately.

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extra : convert_revision : d229bd83bc7baeca2259d4e7b080f359915015f3

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/base/bitunion.hh b/src/base/bitunion.hh
index 55553fd9c..98861e779 100644
--- a/src/base/bitunion.hh
+++ b/src/base/bitunion.hh
@@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ namespace BitfieldBackend
     class BitUnionOperators : public Base
     {
       public:
+        BitUnionOperators(Type & _data)
+        {
+            Base::__data = _data;
+        }
+
+        BitUnionOperators() {}
+
         operator Type () const
         {
             return Base::__data;