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This is probably the most trivial of questions, but I've always wondered if
wordwise alignment affected efficiency on the 68000.

For example, assuming that a structure like:

	struct {
		int an_int;
		char a_char;
	} a_struct;

starts on a word boundry, would a structure placing the /char/ first and the
/int/ therefore a 1/4 word off be less, can we say, "efficient" in terms of
the manipulation needed to get to /an_int/??  Or doesn't the C compiler always
start structures on words boundries, making alignment consideration by the
programmer meaningless?

	struct {
		char a_char;
		int an_int;
	} a_struct;	/* is this less "efficient"? */

Also, whilst I'm on the subject, how much extra effort is required of the
68000 to get to specific bits than to, say, an int?  I often use structures
of bit flags to save space in files.  I can easily compute the space savings,
but an accurate guess as to the time savings is a little more elusive.

Thanks!
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