From 82814f916a6496ea8bbd9a15997e06b95ae1cb50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavel Siska <xsiska12@ta-devel.liberouter.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 15:22:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] unirec++: skip type check for std::byte fields in
 UnirecRecord

Avoid calling getExpectedUnirecType for std::byte fields in
checkDataTypeCompatibility(), since byte buffers are handled as
raw data and don't have a defined Unirec type mapping.
---
 unirec/include/unirec++/unirecRecord.hpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/unirec/include/unirec++/unirecRecord.hpp b/unirec/include/unirec++/unirecRecord.hpp
index 857e89d9..1f7362f0 100644
--- a/unirec/include/unirec++/unirecRecord.hpp
+++ b/unirec/include/unirec++/unirecRecord.hpp
@@ -339,7 +339,9 @@ class UnirecRecord {
 		if (ur_is_array(fieldID)) {
 			expectedType = getExpectedUnirecType<RequiredType*>();
 		} else {
-			expectedType = getExpectedUnirecType<RequiredType>();
+			if constexpr (!std::is_same_v<RequiredType, std::byte>) {
+				expectedType = getExpectedUnirecType<RequiredType>();
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (expectedType != ur_get_type(fieldID)) {