Re: Character arrays in structures and address alignment -- any standard?

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From: T. William Wells
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 21:12

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In article <7022@skye.ed.ac.uk> richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes:
: In article <Bs5pMJ.3nM@twwells.com> bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes:
: >: Please show a strictly conforming program which can tell the difference
: >: between "necessary" padding and "unnecessary" padding.
:
: >For example:
:
: >     printf("%d\n", (offsetof(foo, y) - offset(foo, x)) - sizeof(int));
:
: *If* the standard allows "unnecessary" padding, this program is not
: strictly conforming.

The original question was *supposing that the standard forbids
unnecessary padding* show a strictly conforming program that
would be able to tell the difference.

Sigh.

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Subject: Re: Character arrays in structures and address alignment -- any standard?
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