From:	"E. Glebbeek" <eglebbk AT phys DOT uva DOT nl>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: structure size rounded to int size?
Date:	Thu, 21 Oct 1999 15:52:32 +0200
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Fabrice LETE wrote:

> If I have:
>
>         typedef struct FOO {
>            short a; long b;
>         };
>
> sizeof(FOO) give me 8...
>
> What can I do to avoid the problem (I guess it's a switch to use with
> the compiler...)?

I don't think so...

>
>
> (note: I use Rhide, I suppose that it's an option to switch on
> somewhere, no?)
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
> Fabrice Lété

This problem is addressed in section 22.10 of the DJGPP faq.

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