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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:59:00 -0000
From: Purnendu/Gmail <purnendu@gmail.com>
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Subject: allignment in structures
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#pragma pack(2)

struct abc {

char a;
char b;
char c;
};

A sizeof( struct abc) gives 3, shouldnot i expect it to be 4? any pointers???
i am using " gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)"


-purnendu