updated XClientMessageEvent union-like functionality to act according to format flag

src/xlib.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 
 use libc::*;
+use std::mem;
 
 pub type XID = c_ulong;
 
@@ -733,7 +734,44 @@ pub struct XClientMessageEvent {
     pub window: Window,
     pub message_type: Atom,
     pub format: c_int,
-    pub data: union_unnamed2,
+    pub data: [int32_t, ..5],
+}
+
+impl XClientMessageEvent {
+    pub fn get_b(&self) -> Option<&[int8_t, ..20]> {
+        match self.format {
+            8  => Some(unsafe { mem::transmute_copy(&self.data) }),
+            _  => None
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_s(&self) -> Option<&[int16_t, ..10]> {
+        match self.format {
+            16 => Some(unsafe { mem::transmute_copy(&self.data) }),
+            _  => None
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_l(&self) -> Option<&[int32_t, ..5]> {
+        match self.format {
+            32 => Some(unsafe { mem::transmute_copy(&self.data) }),
+            _  => None
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_b(&mut self, v: &[int8_t, ..20]) {
+        self.format = 8;
+        self.data = unsafe { mem::transmute_copy(&v) };
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_s(&mut self, v: &[int16_t, ..10]) {
+        self.format = 16;
+        self.data = unsafe { mem::transmute_copy(&v) };
+    }
+    pub fn set_l(&mut self, v: &[int32_t, ..5]) {
+        self.format = 32;
+        self.data = unsafe { mem::transmute_copy(v) };
+    }
 }
 
 #[repr(C)]