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From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: more sizeof questions
Date:	Mon, 13 May 1996 19:35:38 -0700
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> The way you tell the compiler to pack structs is inherently
> compiler-dependent.  AFAIK, there is no standard on how this is done . . .

Yes.  ANSI makes absolutely no guarantee on struct padding.

> . . . so
> you must address every supported compiler in the way it understands.

And, furthermore, you have no guarantee whatsoever that the compiler you're
using allows you to specify no padding at all.

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