--- Comment #9 from mcvick_e at iname dot com 2009-06-16 16:24 ---
Similar behavior has been seen against version 4.3.2.
Using the __attribute__ mechanism in the past has forced the hand of the
alignment issue most all of the time. I say most all of the time because we
have uncovered
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--- Comment #10 from mcvick_e at iname dot com 2009-06-16 16:30 ---
The __attribute__ mechanism works in 4.0.1, but was broken in the 4.3 series.
I wanted to clarify this as I think it's an important hint as to the root cause
of the problem. In 4.0.1, packing and aligning worked via
--- Comment #11 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2009-06-16 16:31
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The alignment of the variable is different from the alignment of the type ...
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--- Comment #12 from mcvick_e at iname dot com 2009-06-16 16:55 ---
Can you be a bit more succinct here? Because the comment just made sounds like
a bunch of foo foo stuff made up to ignore a genuine bug in the compiler.
Type byte has a byte alignment.
Type short has a 16-bit
