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--- gcc:gcc_and_friends [2011/02/17 16:01] – created deva
+++ gcc:gcc_and_friends [2012/02/08 08:32] (current) – deva
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 See: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12076 \\
 Add: -fno-elide-constructors as well as -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage to the compile line to partially fix this.
+=====Packing of a struct=====
+Force space used to be minimised to the actual sizes of the datatypes. Char might use up 4 bytes to get 4 byte alignment if the struct is not packed in order to gain a performance boost when adressing its contents.
+<code c>
+struct header {
+  char a;
+  int b;
+  double c;
+} __attribute__ ((__packed__));
+</code>