Re: [Gm2] Follow up for bugs reported June 17

[Iztok Kobal]

SiTex Graphics wrote:
> Thanks.  I see the same now.
>
> Another question:  is there a way to specify the data alignment of a
> record type?  I have a record that represents a file format on disk
> which needs an alignment of 1 (ie no pad bytes for any field).
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>   
One little question, Scott, if you do not mind.

Can you tell me why would you like to create non-portable code ? Namely,
1octet alignment is not natural to any modern microprocessor
architecture. Furthermore, e.g. ARM architecture can not execute it
anyway, so compiler can even not be forced to produce 1octet
field-aligned code.

For my taste, better solution would be object oriented approach with
field accessor procedures which work on offset basis: copy non-aligned
character array from some offset to aligned typed variable which
returns. Such tiny procedures can easily be maintained regarding the
alignment and endian specifics of any taken architecture.

Iztok