struct __attribute((packed));

[E. Weddington]

Dave Korn wrote:

>
>
>
>  I've often wished that __attribute__s would behave like CV-quals:
>
>char * const ptr;
>
>  == const pointer to char
>
>struct entrystruct * __attribute__ ((packed)) entry;
>
>  == packed pointer to struct
>
>char const *  ptr;
>
>  == pointer to const char
>
>struct entrystruct __attribute__ ((packed))  * entry;
>
>  ==  pointer to packed struct
>
>  I haven't done an exhaustive survey of attributes, but I know it doesn't
>work that way for section attributes, and there have been times when I would
>have liked it to.
>  
>
That's got my vote! (As if anyone's counting). That would make things so 
much easier, for example, in the AVR port for dealing with multiple 
memory spaces.

Eric