From:	Michael Uplawski <uplawski AT sulla DOT franken DOT de>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Generous SIZEOF
Date:	Sun, 12 Sep 1999 13:21:24 +0200
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Hi.

Why is djgpp (or any compiler) adding 3 bytes of memory, if the sum of
memory used by a struct is 205 Bytes?
Okay, as my English is not good enough to describe it completely, here
is my example:
-------------------
#define MAX	450

struct CD
{
    char Title[100];
    char Interpreter[100];
    int Year;
    char Live;
} All[MAX];
--------------------

The sum of memory used by each variable is 205 Bytes on a
32bit-system, right? If I use SIZEOF with a pointer to an element of
the array (or whatever the correct terminology might be, my K&R is in
German), 208 Bytes are reported.

TIA,

Michael.

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