@harry
Structure padding is done by the compilers and this depends on the
architectures. Some architectures cannot access the data which will be
stored on the odd addresses or they may find difficult to access it. This is
the reason for padding extra bytes.
Padding will be done by compiler to structure’s members and to the structure
as a whole also. Compiler pads structure as whole because this allows each
member of structure aligned in array of structures
Structure padding example
Struct EX
{
Char a;
int b;
Short int c;
};
Due to structure padding this structure size is going to be
(a[1 byte + padding 3 byte + b[4 byte] + c[2 byte] + 2 byte padding = 12byte
) instead of 7 byte.
*Subhransu Panigrahi
* *Email:* subhransu.panigr...@gmail.com
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:54 PM, hary rathor <harry.rat...@gmail.com>wrote:
> hello geeks:
>
> can any body tell me how structure padding work?
>
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