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From:	"Gisle Vanem" <gvanem AT eunet DOT no>
To:	<djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Real stupid problem.
Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:40:39 +0100
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> said
>On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Shadow Seeker wrote:
>
>> >If you need to minimize this padding (e.g., if your program uses large
>> >arrays of such structs, where padding will waste a lot of memory), lay
>> >out structures so that the longer members are before the shorter ones. 
>>  No, that won't do, I can't design the structs, I read datafiles that
>> use them. But Endlisnis gave me a clue that works perfectly.
>> 
>>  Just add "__attribute__(packed)" behind the struct and things work
>> just fine.
>
>It's "__attribute__((packed))" (double parentheses).


Why don't people use '#pragma pack(1)' instead.  It's the widely accepted form and
gcc has supported this from ver 2.7.1 AFAIK. And refering section 22.11 in the FAQ 
it seems that '__attribute__((packed))' is buggy (for C++) in gcc 2.7.2.

Gisle V.

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