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Article #161Re: Character arrays in structures and address alignment -- any standard?
From: Rick Schubert
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 01:11
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 01:11
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In <1992Aug9.230910.16565@sq.sq.com> msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) writes:
>> > "There may be [therefore] unnamed padding within a structure object, but
>> > not at its beginning, as necessary to achieve the appropriate alignment."
>>
>> This wording was chosen very carefully -- in particular, the use of
>> "appropriate" as opposed to "necessary". It is the implementor who
>> decides what alignment is "appropriate", so anything goes.
>This is a curious remark, considering that the quoted passage *does*
>include the word "necessary".
But it says "necessary to achieve the appropriate alignment."
^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
This isn't the same thing as "to achieve the necessary alignment."
-- Rick Schubert (rick.schubert@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!sdd.hp.com!ncr-sd!npg-sd!rns From: rns@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM (Rick Schubert) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: Character arrays in structures and address alignment -- any standard? Message-ID: <5646@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM> Date: 12 Aug 92 01:11:30 GMT References: <7022@skye.ed.ac.uk> <14382@ksr.com> <1947@sdrc.COM> <1992Aug9.230910.16565@sq.sq.com> Organization: NCR Corp., Network Products - San Diego Lines: 18