sizeof struct

[Greg Pasquariello]

In article <29722 at pbhya.PacBell.COM> afh at PacBell.COM (Alan Hobesh) writes:
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:The following c code prints the size of the definded structure to be 44,
:when compiled on an AT&T 3B20 running UNIX V5.2.1.

:However, when the code is downloaded to a PC and compiled using Turbo C,
:the size of the structure is reported to be 42.
:
:Why is there a difference and which is the correct size?


They are both correct.  The structure is padded to be word aligned.

Greg Pasquariello
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