From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: __attribute__((packed)) on types
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 08:24:38 -0800
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Roland Nilsson wrote:
> 
> struct foo
> {
>         char a;
>         long b;
> } __attribute__((packed));
> 
> This will not compile - gcc thinks I forgot the ending ';', and it
> never recognizes the attribute. The error message:
> 
> foo.cc:5: semicolon missing after declaration of 'foo'

Attributes are fully implemented for every DJGPP version I have ever
seen.  The code fragment you wrote above, when pasted into a basic hello
world program, compiles without warnings with -Wall on my machine.  Are
you sure that's exactly how you wrote it in your code?

Also, what version of gcc are you using?  (Hint:  type 'gcc -v')

-- 
John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I <fighteer AT cs DOT com>

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