From:	mschulter AT DOT value DOT net (M. Schulter)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: sizeof(long double)
Date:	11 Mar 1997 02:38:24 GMT
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Thomas Knudsen (tk AT geb DOT gfy DOT ku DOT dk) wrote:

: prints: sizeof(long double)==12
: 
: is this really true?
: 
: Thomas

As I understand it, in fact a long double in djgpp includes 80 bits of
data, as expected; but the compiler uses a 96-bit (12-byte) size in order
to align the data on a 32-bit boundary. This feature is somewhat analogous
to struct padding.

Most respectfully,
Margo schulter
mschulter AT value DOT net

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