This cross-platform library allows to conveniently perform byte-wise operation with structures and standard data types.
Features:
Byte-wise comparison (== and !=) of the structures and standard data types with each other (in MQL, the operators for comparing structures are absent by default).
Determining the byte shift of a structure filed by its name.
Reading the value of any standard type by the byte shift in the source data.
Writing structures and standard types by byte shift to the source data.
Converting structures and standard data types into a byte array.
Everything mentioned applies to simple structures.
A script with detailed comments is attached to demonstrate the capabilities of the library
// MQL4&5-code#property strict#include <TypeToBytes.mqh>
#define PRINT(A) ::Print(#A + " = " + (string)A);
voidOnStart( void )
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  MqlTick Tick;
  ::SymbolInfoTick(::Symbol(), Tick);
  MqlTick CloneTick = Tick;
// Operation with structures
  if (_R(Tick) == CloneTick)            // Now the structures can be compared
    ::Print("Equal");
// Get the result of the required type by shift
  PRINT(_R(Tick)[(datetime)0])          // Check the 'datetime' value with the zero shift in the object of the MqlTick structure - Tick.time// Get the shift of the structure field
  constint Offset = _OFFSET(Tick, bid); // Found the shift in bytes of the bid field in the MqlTick object
  PRINT(Tick.bid)                        // Checked the value of Tick.bid
  _W(Tick, Offset, (double)1.23456);    // Wrote the (double)1.23456 value at the found shift
  PRINT(Tick.bid)                        // Made sure that the Tick.bid is now equal to 1.23456
  PRINT(_R(Tick)[(double)Offset])        // Printed the 'double' value located at the shift Offset - it is Tick.bid again
  PRINT(_R(Tick).Bytes[8])              // Checked the value of byte with the shift of 8 in the object of the MqlTick structure
  PRINT(_R(Tick)[(uchar)8])              // The same, but using a different method
  PRINT(CloneTick.bid)                  // Checked the value of CloneTick.bid
  _W(CloneTick, 0, Tick);                // Wrote the value of the Tick structure object to the CloneTick at the zero shift
  PRINT(CloneTick.bid)                  // Made sure that CloneTick.bid == Tick.bid// Operation with the standard types
  color Color = C'241,248,255';
  PRINT(_R(Color)[(uchar)1])            // Green component of the color - 248
  _W(Color, 2, (uchar)230);              // Wrote the (uchar)230 value at the shift of 2.
  PRINT(Color)                          // Made sure that Color is now C'241,248,230'// Simultaneous operation with mixed types
  if (_R(Tick) != Color)                // It is even possible to compare structures with standard types
    ::Print("Not equal");
  return;
}
