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From: "Demmer, Thomas" <TDemmer AT krafteurope DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Cc: "'dru AT treshna DOT com'" <dru AT treshna DOT com>
Subject: Re: problem with sizeof struct alignment
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:03:24 +0100
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Andrew Hill <dru at treshna dot com> wrote

>I have this struct
>
>
>typedef struct {
>double arrival;
>double departure;
>char status;
>int bookingid;
>int userid;
>} RoomStatus;
>
>
>I'm using gcc with no compiler options or flags. Under linux with
>gcc, sizeof(RoomStatus) returns me 28 - as i would expect. If I use a
>borland C++ compiler it also returns a sizeof 28. But with cygwin +
>gcc it returns a sizeof 32. I'm a bit confused. Does cgwin + gcc align
>to nearest 8bytes for structs? Is there a compiler option to tell it
>to use 4 byte alignment? Is it just me whos having this problem?
>
>I checked the sizeof for int, double and char and they all correct,
>changing the char to an int or specifically saying its a 4bit int
>doens't seem to make any difference.

gcc -mno-align-double 
is your friend to achieve ABI compatibility. This mis-feature
was introduced with gcc-3.whatever. Search the mailing
list for a remark from Brian Ford giving a heads up on this problem.


Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüssen,

Thomas Demmer
Kraft Foods R&D Inc.
Tel.: +49 (0)89 62738-6302
Fax: +49 (0)89 62738-86302

Thought of the day
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        Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"


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