From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: Question about Djgpp : Data Alignment
Date:	10 Jul 2003 15:41:43 GMT
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The Shadow <ericp AT ariel DOT minilab DOT bdeb DOT qc DOT ca> wrote:
> 	I want to know if it is possible to tell the compiler not to place
> any padding in data structures to allign the data on word or dword.

There is.  Two alternative methods exist, actually.

But note that quite a lot more often than not, using those methods is
the wrong way to fix the problem.  Which is that you should *never*
exchange data in raw binary format unless you very strictly have to.
And if you do use binary, struct packing alone addresses only a rather
small part of the actual portability problems that causes.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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