Date:	Fri, 7 Jan 2000 09:16:48 +0500 (MVT)
From:	Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com>
To:	Groman <groman AT thehelm DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Data padding?
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Groman wrote:

> I have a struct...and I need djgpp to leave it the way I declare it without
> any padding or aligning it to machine words...
> 
> for example
> 
> struct Lalala {
>     unsigned int testing1;
>     unsigned char testing2;
>     unsigned short testing3;
>     unsigned char testing 4;
> }
 
Use

 struct Lalala {
     unsigned int testing1 __attribute__ ((packed));
     unsigned char testing2 __attribute__ ((packed));
     unsigned short testing3 __attribute__ ((packed));
     unsigned char testing 4 __attribute__ ((packed));
 }
 

Prashant
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