Padding is not a topic of self referential structure. Padding means that extra spaces of memory are used by the compiler to allocate memory. This is done to have the memory address as a multiple of the size of the variable. This speeds up the processing of these variables by the compiler.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Puneet Gautam <[email protected]>wrote: > what is meant by padding in self_referenced structure? > Is it always necessary? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- Nikhil Gupta Senior Co-ordinator, Publicity CSI, NSIT Students' Branch NSIT, New Delhi, India -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
