On 2012-04-17, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2012-04-17, JMGross <msp...@grossibaer.de> wrote:
>
>> Access to word members inside a packed struct is NOT done as a word
>> read/write, but through a rather complex chainof operation, because
>> the alignment of the struct and therefore of the member is unknown.
>
> Why is the alignment of a structure member unkown?
>
> Unless the structure is packed, the alignemnt should be known.
Actually, now that I think about it, the alignment of fields in packed
structures is known as well: bitfields are aligned on bit boundaries,
everyting else is aligned to byte boundaries.
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