On 10/29/13 06:36, growler wrote: >> My understanding of that is S is not affected by the alignment of its fields. > > To clarify, I mean the *alignment* of S is not affected by the alignment of > its fields.
The alignment of an object must be at least as large as the max of the alignment of all fields that it contains, obviously. The object layout never changes; using a smaller alignment for the parent object would make it impossible to guarantee the specified field alignment. artur
