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Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 22:38:46 +0300
From: Radu Georgescu aka skoola <skoola AT go DOT ro>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Some nice questions!! (one of them is silly!)
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> >   1) if i declare 2 global arrays as follows...
> >       char ar1[100];
> >       char ar2[20];
> >    will djgpp ALWAYS store ar2 exactly after ar1???
> >   i.e. will the expression ar2[-1] always return
> >ar1[99]??
>
> you should never assume that two variables are in proximate memory
> locations.  the compiler and link-editor are under no requirement to put
> them next to each other.  this is what USUALLY happens, but it's not safe to
> assume that it will ALWAYS happen.
>

he may declare those arrays in some struct with __atribute__(packed)...