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From: pepke@gw.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
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Subject: Re: Question: Putting structs in resources
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Date: 6 Sep 90 18:30:23 GMT
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In article <1990Sep5.145717.13291@smsc.sony.com> dce@smsc.sony.com (David 
Elliott) writes:
> Is it common practice to read and write structs as resources on the
> Mac?

Yup.

>  If so, is there any worry that these resources will not be
> compatible if Apple were to go to a platform with different alignment
> restrictions (I assume byte order isn't an issue)?

Apple has done a rather remarkable job of keeping compatibility across the 
line.  So far the alignment on newer machines has become more lax rather 
than more restrictive.  Even if this were to change, the ability to read 
structures from resources is so basic that compiler writers would have to 
build in transparent compatibility measures.

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