Re: proposal: new bitfield value to ensure structure packing

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On 11/25/2013 11:44 AM, ootiib@hot.ee wrote:
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> If you want to remove alignment requirements of 'A::i' then
> why not simply:
>
>    struct A { char c; int i:-1; };
>
> ?

That makes it impossible to make 'i' a bit-field.


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proposal: new bitfield value to ensure structure packing danielgutson@googlemail.com - 2013-11-22 09:04 -0600
  Re: proposal: new bitfield value to ensure structure packing ootiib@hot.ee - 2013-11-25 08:44 -0800
    Re: proposal: new bitfield value to ensure structure packing James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-11-25 16:09 -0600
    Re: proposal: new bitfield value to ensure structure packing danielgutson@googlemail.com - 2013-11-26 17:19 -0800
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