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From: johnb@srchtec.UUCP (John Baldwin)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
Subject: Re: "packed" objects
Message-ID: <159@srchtec.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jul 90 18:47:42 GMT
References: <56159@microsoft.UUCP> <56165@microsoft.UUCP>
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In article <56165@microsoft.UUCP> jimad@microsoft.UUCP (Jim ADCOCK) writes:
>Proposed:
>We need a way to "pack" objects over inheritence boundaries, and possibly
>between labeled fields of a declaration.
>...[excerpted]....

>* Require current field ordering restrictions be maintained on things declared
>  "struct", but removed restrictions on anything declared "class."

Personally, I like this option best.  On an entirely subjective level, it is
in keeping with the philosophy of C++ being "extended/better C", and it would
minimize confusion when switching often between writing C and C++.

[disclaimer: just another user's comments on the first user's suggestion.]
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