New submission from Stefan Krah:
On the x64 architecture gcc adds trailing padding bytes after the last
struct member. NumPy does the same:
>>> import numpy as np
>>>
>>> t = np.dtype([('x', 'u1'), ('y', 'u8'), ('z', 'u1')], align=True)
>>> x = np.array([(1, 2, 3)], dtype=t)
>>> x.tostring()
b'\x01\xf7\xba\xab\x03\x7f\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
The struct module in native mode does not:
>>> struct.pack("BQB", 1, 2, 3)
b'\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x03'
I'm not sure if this is intended -- or if full compatibility to
native compilers is even achievable in the general case.
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components: Extension Modules
messages: 263315
nosy: mark.dickinson, skrah
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: struct.pack(): trailing padding bytes on x64
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.6
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