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From: Clint Olsen <clint@0ls...>
Subject: how to avoid a memset() optimization
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:59:57 GMT

In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211130911030.27108-100000@car...>,
Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> 
> struct x {
> 	int a;
> 	int b;
> }; 
> 
> resulting in code in which a and b are laid out in memory in the same 
> order as in the structure (this due to C++). Structure members can get 
> reordered.

This would violate the C standard that a pointer to a struct is compatible
with a pointer to its first argument.  That be busted...

-Clint