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On 2006-02-13 20:38, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-Feb-13 10:48:02 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> >Good thinking.  It's probably a good idea to avoid copying random
> >garbage, and using something like:
> >
> >    struct foo foo;
> >    uint32_t value[sizeof(uint32_t) * (sizeof(foo) / sizeof(uint32_t) + 1)];
>
> That makes it about 4 times too large - you don't need to multiply by
> sizeof(uint32_t).

Ugh!  Yes, you're right of course :)