http://www.unidata.ucar.edu:80/blogs/default/2009/03/30/1238442300000.html [Revised 5/5/2009] The issue of the layout of C struct data type fields has cropped up a number of times recently, so it seems appropriate to document the apparent layout rules. en Dennis Heimbigner Wed, 13 May 2009 20:31:02 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.unidata.ucar.edu:80/blogs/default/2009/03/30/1238442300000.html#comment1238449908708 Yup.<br /> <br /> A corollary to this is that, when creating a structure from scratch, order the members by decreasing alignment size in order to minimize unused space. Steve Emmerson http://www.unidata.ucar.edu:80/blogs/default/2009/03/30/1238442300000.html#comments http://www.unidata.ucar.edu:80/blogs/default/2009/03/30/1238442300000.html#comment1238449908708 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:51:48 GMT