Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:55:46 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Michael Uplawski <uplawski AT sulla DOT franken DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Generous SIZEOF
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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Michael Uplawski wrote:

> >The compiler is rounding up the size of the structure to the nearest
> >four byte boundary, so that accesses are more efficient (particularly
> >when using an array of structures).
> >
> >If you want to prevent this, declare the structure with attribute
> >packed eg:
> (...)
> >} __attribute__((packed));
> >struct CD All[MAX];
> 
> Needless or not, THANK YOU! :-)
> 
> I am rather sure, that I would have otherwise waited a long time for
> this tip to come along.

Please note that this is explained in the DJGPP FAQ list (section
22.10).  Look into the FAQ first, and you will never need to wait a
long time for such tips!