-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/2010 11:57 AM, DE wrote:
trying to propose something smart i came to the same solution...
but what about struct member alignment? does it matter for the struct hack?
I don't think that matters. The compiler would set up the struct with the proper alignment, including the first item of the (one-item) array, and sizeof() would return the size with any padding. The items in an array are all packed end-to-end too, so I don't see how this would be any different from a more conventional approach. Except, of course, that it's more efficient. I just wanted to check with the people on this list about the portability of it. Since you guys collectively deal with that more than any other group in the world, I figured you would know if there were any hidden portability problems with the design. If I don't hear about any soon, I'll take it that there aren't any known ones and implement it. - -- Chad Nelson Oak Circle Software, Inc. * * * -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvEph4ACgkQp9x9jeZ9/wRRGQCeNKHmPxtRlQH/vVCCJlf5e83/ gNsAoOM/b8n1M0qKTbOPTx3bbNIzEtpt =8SsY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----