Re: Structure Packing.

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James Kuyper wrote:

> Yes, the standard allows padding between members and after the last
> member (but not before the first member). It's rare for an
> implementation to insert such padding between two members with the same
> alignment requirements, but perfectly permissible.
>
> > I just always feel uneasy when I see code that relies on the above structure being packed together without an explicit pack pragma.
> > is this just my paranoia?
>
> No, it's quite reasonable to be worried about this.

A current compiler project I am working on potentially has a completely different twist on struct placement.

There is quite a list of hardware based alignment requirements based on boundaries. It is a RAM poor processor and I am being very
tempted to assign global variables in the holes left behind in global structs.  My guess the need for RAM space will outweigh other
considerations.

Walter..

Thread

Structure Packing. John Kearney <dethrophes@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-06 17:27 -0700
  Re: Structure Packing. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-06 21:19 -0400
    Re: Structure Packing. Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2012-06-11 22:39 -0400
      Re: Structure Packing. Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-12 09:21 -0400
        Re: Structure Packing. Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2012-06-12 11:51 -0400
          Re: Structure Packing. Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2012-06-12 18:37 +0200
            Re: Structure Packing. Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2012-06-12 15:06 -0400
              Re: Structure Packing. Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-12 16:22 -0400
                Re: Structure Packing. Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2012-06-12 17:44 -0400
                Re: Structure Packing. Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2012-06-13 15:53 +0200
                Re: Structure Packing. Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-06-18 12:37 +0300
        Re: Structure Packing. Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2012-06-12 16:22 +0000
          Re: Structure Packing. Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2012-06-12 15:24 -0400
            Re: Structure Packing. Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-12 16:33 -0400
              Re: Structure Packing. Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2012-06-12 17:17 -0400
  Re: Structure Packing. Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-06 18:35 -0700
    Re: Structure Packing. John Kearney <dethrophes@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-06 21:58 -0700
      Re: Structure Packing. Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-06 23:54 -0700
        Re: Structure Packing. John Kearney <dethrophes@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-07 07:47 -0700
          Re: Structure Packing. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-07 12:39 -0400
    Re: Structure Packing. jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-06-07 11:14 +0200
      Re: Structure Packing. Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-07 09:46 -0700
        Re: Structure Packing. John Kearney <dethrophes@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-07 11:57 -0700

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