From 226a1fc4827eaad96e244fe369704a83b7ef2308 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PJB3005 <pieterjan.briers+git@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:18:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] read_unaligned helper

"Things C++ should've had built-in 2 decades ago"
---
 include/helpers/alignment.hpp | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 include/helpers/alignment.hpp

diff --git a/include/helpers/alignment.hpp b/include/helpers/alignment.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ce0ead69a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/helpers/alignment.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace dusk::helpers::alignment {
+
+/**
+ * Read data from an address that may not be aligned properly.
+ * @tparam T Type of data to read.
+ * @param ptr Address to read from.
+ * @return The copied value.
+ */
+template <typename T> requires std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>
+[[nodiscard]] constexpr T read_unaligned(u8 const* ptr) {
+    T copy;
+    memcpy(&copy, ptr, sizeof(T));
+    return copy;
+}
+
+}