size of structure = 12Code:#include <stdio.h> struct point { int x; char y; float z; }var; int main() { printf("size of structure = %d", sizeof(var)); return 0; }
size of structure = 12Code:#include <stdio.h> struct point { int x; char y; float z; }var; int main() { printf("size of structure = %d", sizeof(var)); return 0; }
Lookup the pragmas for your compiler.
For some simple compilers the order will make a difference. Put the biggest items first. As in.
Tim S.Code:struct point { float z; int x; char y; }var;
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> size of structure = 12
With those three members, it's always going to be 12 no matter how you arrange them.
If you succeed in making it 9 through some pragma, then the compiler will generate very sub-optimal code, because it will have to assume that both the int and float are unaligned. In doing so, it will read each one a byte at a time in order to construct a properly aligned temporary.
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