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In a message dated 5/1/2004 1:57:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, eliz AT gnu DOT org
writes:
> This whole pragma business is for GCC 2.7.2 and below, so one
> possible solution is to condition the pragmas on those versions.
>
> Alternatively, we could use "#pragma pack(0)", as this is documented
> to reset the packing to the default, but I'm afraid that old versions
> of GCC might not support that (otherwise, why didn't we use pack(0) in
> the first place?).
>
> Comments?
>
So, what works now for GCC 3.3.3? I'm using dir.h in an ancient program
written circa 1999 and the program uses #pragma pack(1) with the comment /* Kill
pragmas from dir.h */.
Where is pragma pack(0) documented?
KB Williams
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M Eastern Standard Time, eliz AT gnu DOT org writes:<BR>
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for GCC 2.7.2 and below, so one<BR>
possible solution is to condition the pragmas on those versions.<BR>
<BR>
Alternatively, we could use "#pragma pack(0)", as this is documented<BR>
to reset the packing to the default, but I'm afraid that old versions<BR>
of GCC might not support that (otherwise, why didn't we use pack(0) in<BR>
the first place?).<BR>
<BR>
Comments?<BR>
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So, what works now for GCC 3.3.3? I'm using dir.h in an ancient progra=
m written circa 1999 and the program uses #pragma pack(1) with the comment /=
* Kill pragmas from dir.h */.<BR>
<BR>
Where is pragma pack(0) documented?<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
KB Williams</FONT></HTML>
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