Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 12:19:08 +0200 (MET DST)
From: pad2369 <pad2369 AT iperbole DOT bologna DOT it>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: Re: Datatype sizes
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>:
> > In DJGPP, since it's a 32-bit compiler, when I make 
> a variable of type
> char,
> > does it store that variable in a 32-bit slot in 
> memory, or an 8-bit slot?
>
> A `char' takes a single byte.
 
I am not an expert about gcc internals, so I sould say 
something silly here: do you mean that this function 
allocates only two bytes of stack for auto variables?

void func(void)
{
char a, b;
    ...
}

I thought gcc aligned to 32 bit words auto variables 
for efficiency reasons, like with struct members, thus 
allocating 8 bytes in the above example. 
More or less equivalent to this:

struct char_ab {
  char a, b;
};

void func(void)
{
struct char_ab ab;
    ...
}

ciao
  Giacomo
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Giacomo Degli Esposti - pad2369 AT iperbole DOT bologna DOT it