From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
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Subject: Re: structures size
Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 17:41:46 +0400
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Richard Dawe wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> "Alexei A. Frounze" wrote:
> >
> > Richard Dawe wrote:
> > > Is it better because you can nest packing pragmas this way?
> >
> > Yup. This was the idea I have in mind. Seems to be a bit better. Right?
> 
> I prefer "__attribute__((packed))" myself on the actual structure, 

AFAIK it must be added to each structure member and that is not very nice.

> but
> nestable packing pragmas seem like a good idea if you're using them in
> header files. Is this push/pop a gcc extension?

I'm not sure it's a GCC extension. Watcom C/C++ has the same stuff. I think
it's a common thing.

bye.
Alexei A. Frounze
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