Joop Stakenborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For instance, if the structure were:
>
> struct foo {
> char text[3];
> int num;
> };
>
> sizeof would return 6 and not 5. So it's obvious that the compiler is
> placing a pad byte between text and num to align num. I want it to
> stop!
Actually thats 8 on alpha.
And if you pack that to 5 the program will run with 10% speed and
generate a lot of unaligned traps. DON'T do that. Write a parser that
can read the data from file in a arch independant manner.
If you don't you will get a critical bug as soon as you release the
package, because if won't work on different endianess, even if you
pack the struct.
May the Source be with you.
Goswin
