Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/05/04/09:48:52
Thanks for all, I didn't read the last version of the FAQ :-(.
Alex
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From: pad2369 <pad2369 AT iperbole DOT bologna DOT it>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To: Alexandre Devaure <Alexandre DOT Devaure AT leroy-autom DOT com>
Cc: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: structures size
> Alexandre Devaure <Alexandre DOT Devaure AT leroy-autom DOT com>:
> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
> > > On Wed, 3 May 2000, Alexandre Devaure wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd like the size of my structures is the same
> that in Borland C
> > because
> > my
> > > > program need to read a structure in flash written
> by a program
> > developed
> > > > under Borland C. So, I want to use the -fpack-
> struct option at
> > compilation
> > > > time. But it has no effect on the structure size
> and I need to add the
> > > > packed attribute on each structure.
> > >
> > > C programs or C++ programs?
> > >
> > > Can you post a short test program and its
> compilation command line, which
> > > can be used to reproduce this problem?
> > >
> >
> >
> > This is a C program :
> >
> > #include <stdio.h>
> >
> > struct l {
> > uchar c;
> > uint o;
> > uint s;
> > };
> > struct st {
> > struct l l;
> > ulong d;
> > uchar i;
> > uchar t;
> > ulong n;
> > };
> >
> > main()
> > {
> > printf("%d\n",sizeof(struct st));
> > }
> >
> > the command line is gcc -fpack-struct file.c
>
> Quoting section 22.11 of the FAQ list (v2.30):
>
> GCC 2.95.1 and 2.95.2 had bugs in their support of
> -fpack-struct (the bug is corrected in v2.96 and
> later).
>
> It seems you need to upgrade to latest gcc, otherwise
> you must use __attribute__((packed)) for each struct
> in stead of -fpack-struct on command line...
>
> ciao
> Giacomo
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Giacomo Degli Esposti - pad2369 AT iperbole DOT bologna DOT it
>
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