From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Padding Question
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 14:22:40 -0800
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John M. Aldrich wrote:

> There is, as far as I know, no such easy way to test whether #pragma
> pack will work on any given compiler.  I have read many statements by
> experienced programmers, all of whom say that #pragma is a very bad
> thing to rely upon in a portable program.

But that was my whole point.  If you're counting on packed structures, you
have to do something compiler-specific to get them -- in DJGPP, that's
either with a #pragma or an attribute.  Considering that they are _both_
inherently nonportable, and in both cases you know the conditions which
they will be usable, I don't see why the one is any better than the other.
Ultimately it comes down to the fact that both alternatives are
nonportable.

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