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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 02:39:57 +0200
From: Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
To: Bill Huey <billh AT burn DOT ucsd DOT edu>, pgcc-list AT Desk DOT nl
Subject: Re: struct element alignment...
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On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 04:14:26PM -0700, Bill Huey wrote:
> Hello, is there a method of telling gcc/egcs/pgcc to align struct
> elements
> so that they are packed without the use of any padding ???

how about looking into the gcc documentation? "alignment"
and "packed" should give you what you want..

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