From: "Michael Stewart" <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: annoying structure problem
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 11:31:52 +0100
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Alan Wills wrote in message <7m1u1e$pnu$1 AT rockall DOT cc DOT strath DOT ac DOT uk>...
>I have to read in this structure into a program.  The problem is, the
>compiler returns its size as 16 bytes when it should be 14 bytes.  If I
>change all the variables to unsigned short int then it gives 10 bytes (as
it
>should be).  If I change the 2nd variable to unsigned short int it gives 12
>bytes (as it should be).  But, if I change the last variable to unsigned
>short int it gives 16 bytes as the total space occupied.  Just what is
going
>on here?


From the FAQ:
`To produce faster code, GCC pads struct fields so that each field can be
accessed without delays; this sometimes produces struct size which is larger
than the sum of the sizes of its fields.'

Read the FAQ for more details (section 22.10)

Michael Stewart