From: David Eberhard <toothpck AT xmission DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: packed?
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 00:58:06 -0700
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I have been going over some source code for a linear-frame buffer and
in the source code, the author used some attribute called pack.  What
is this?  Here's some of the code:

   #define PACKED __attribute__ ((packed))
   #pragma pack(1)
   /* SuperVGA mode information block */
   typedef struct {
      short   ModeAttributes PACKED;         // Mode attributes
      char    WinAAttributes PACKED;         // Window A attributes
--snip--
   #pragma pack()

Thanks for your help!
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David Eberhard
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