From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: sizeof(long double) = 12 ???
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 04:56:59 -0700
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Guan Foo Wah wrote:

> I tried sizeof (long double) and it returns 12. I tried the same thing
> on
> MSC++ 7 and it returns 10.
> 
> Why is this so ?? Is it because of the dword alignment ?

Better question:  Why are you relying on Microsoft Visual C++'s size of
the long double type as the correct value?  ANSI puts no such
requirements on its size.

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