"Kagamin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tony Wrote: > >> I'm reading a very old feature list of D and it says that D has struct >> member alignment control "to ensure compatibility with externally imposed >> data formats". So, questions: 1. How does one use that? > > align attribute
In my reading of D features, I thought I saw 3 alignment control mechanisms (?). > >> 2. Is it accepted >> practice in D programming to write/read structs to/fro, say a disk file, >> without marshalling? > > It's easy to use feature. Custom serialization is needed on a higher > level, say when saving "document". So the answer then is 'yes'? Others chime in too please, this is a key issue/feature (hehe, which is it? Speak your opinions!). Tony
