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Subject: Re: On alignment
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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:43:00 -0000
From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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> That packing rule is part of the i86 psABI

It's still mighty odd, and of course in Ada you have to override this rule
since it conflicts with the Ada standard, which requires that the default
minimum alignment of a composite be not less than the alignment of any
component.