On 28 October 2014 17:54, Thiago Macieira <thi...@macieira.org> wrote: > On Tuesday 28 October 2014 17:39:27 Lubomir I. Ivanov wrote: >> > __declspec(packed) >> >> i don't have that in MSVC 2003; perhaps it's a newer feature. > > Yeah, I was wrong, it's not there. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dabb5z75.aspx > > That's probably why the GCC attribute is disabled in MinGW for "MS struct" > compatibility. So it's not a bug, it's a feature. > > The suggestion is to not require packing of structs. Reorder the members so > you don't need packing, if you can, or try to use different types if you > really > need the members in that order due to data storage or protocol. > > That said, the cochran_emc_log_t structure only uses unsigned char. I don't > see why packing is necessary in the first place. >
ok, i see. it was in the GCC bugzilla so i though it was an actual bug. not sure where they have documented it. updated patch to remove the packing for cochran_emc_log_t - missed that. lubomir --
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