Re: sizeof class

From	Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net>
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Subject	Re: sizeof class
Date	2011-10-10 22:48 +0200
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On 10.10.2011 21:13, asit wrote:
> Hence the size should be 5 bytes(4 for v-pointer + 1 for char). Then why its is of 8 bytes ?

Can you say padding? The alignment of the structure resulting from the
class definition would be four bytes, but it has a size of five bytes.
To enforce alignment in aggregate types, the size is adjusted to be
divisible by four.

HTH,
Markus

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sizeof class asit <lipun4u@gmail.com> - 2011-10-10 11:22 -0700
  Re: sizeof class Gerald Breuer <Gerald.Breuer@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-10 20:30 +0200
    Re: sizeof class asit <lipun4u@gmail.com> - 2011-10-10 12:13 -0700
      Re: sizeof class Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-11 08:23 +1300
        Re: sizeof class Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-10-10 15:28 -0400
      Re: sizeof class Gerald Breuer <Gerald.Breuer@Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> - 2011-10-10 22:25 +0200
      Re: sizeof class Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net> - 2011-10-10 22:48 +0200

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