>> However sizeof prints 12 on my system (g++ 4.5.1 64bit). >> >> What's using the other 2bytes? Is it an alignment thing? Is there a way to remove this? >> >> My apologies if this is a stupid question. >> If there's a good reference for this I'd be interested too. >> >> Many Thanks, >> >> Nav >> > Check out the packed attribute. > > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.2.3/gcc/Type-Attributes.html > > Regards, > > JT Thanks that's exactly what I was looking for. -- Nav
