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Subject: Re: Somebody please explain : Length of bit fields
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:00:21 +0530
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Mike Collins <Mike AT NO_SPAM DOT e-col DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote:


>I came across an interesting thing: In the program below, I would have
>expected a structure length of 6 bytes, but in fact, when I compile it and
>single step it, I read the values for a, b, c, d printed below. Of
>particular interest is the value of a ( the sizeof the entire structure) =
>8.

Read section 18.5 and 22.10 of the FAQ.


Prashant
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