Re: X3J11 Pleasanton meeting summary

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From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 1990 20:55

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In article <21360:Oct1820:21:0490@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>What I'm really trying to ask is whether my only choice is to count
>bytes manually, assume fixed type sizes, and declare the right number of
>padding characters by hand. I'd rather let the compiler choose padding
>for me---it usually does a better job.

I don't see why you should even be thinking along these lines.  Surely
the compiler is going to generate reasonable code without your assistance.

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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
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Subject: Re: X3J11 Pleasanton meeting summary
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