Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:14:24 +0200 From: Iani Brankov <ian@bulinfo.net> To: Mark Turpin <mturpin@saturn.spel.com> Cc: Freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Programming Question Message-ID: <36EC34C0.13D218B4@bulinfo.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903141646550.6443-100000@saturn.spel.com>
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Mark Turpin wrote:
>
> I feel really silly having to ask this.
>
> Why does my sizeof(mystruct) come out as 4 instead of 3 ( short + char ) ?
>
> struct {
> short shortvariable;
> char charvariable;
> } mystruct;
>
> sizeof(mystruct) == 4
Try finding the addresses of the structure members. As I know the compiler
aligns every variable at even address. Maybe that's the reason.
--iani
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