On May 7, 2012, at 2:28 AM, Quincey Morris wrote: > On May 7, 2012, at 00:22 , Graham Cox wrote: > >> Is using the syntax you suggested considered better form than #pragma,? > > I have a vague recollection that #pragma pack was already deprecated in GCC, > so __attribute__ ((packed)) might be the more compatible choice, but finding > trustworthy, non-out-of-date documentation for compiler options can be a bit > of a challenge.
Myself, I like to just spin off a method or function that takes a chunk of data and populates the fields of the struct one by one, instead of writing the data straight onto the struct. A little more code, but you know it’s going to work right without any surprises. Charles _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
