From:	Olav Kindt <kindt AT cmr DOT no>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	C++ packed structs..
Date:	Wed, 26 Feb 1997 13:01:58 +0100
Organization:	Christian Michelsens Institutt
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Hi all,  

I just read from the faq 22.9 about packing struct.

I have a clarification question regarding that:

The faq says that a struct like

	struct {
		char name[7];
		unsigned long offset;
		double quality;
	} __attribute__ ((packed));

will be packed correctly when compiled as C-source. Then it says that
C++ doesn't allow this, and you must declare each struct field with the
packed attribute.

Does this in effect mean this :

	struct {
		char name[7] __attribute__ ((packed));
		unsigned long offset __attribute__ ((packed));
		double quality __attribute__ ((packed));
	};


I've had some weird problems lately with my program, so
I'll really appreciate an answer to this. Thanks in advance.


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Olav Kindt                              email : kindt AT cmr DOT n
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