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Subject: Re: on the use of char
From: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira () kdemail ! net>
Date: 2004-07-29 2:34:36
Message-ID: 200407282334.44788.thiago.macieira () kdemail ! net
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George Staikos wrote:
> So if your goal is to store a relatively small number and not waste
> space, can I recommend either using a bitfield int, or thinking again
> "is it really worth the possible bugs in order to save 3 bytes out
> of, ex., ~5MB"?
Let me also point out that it would only make sense to use char (or
signed char or unsigned char) in a struct, and only when you're careful
about padding.
Using 'char' on the stack or on heap won't help you because variables
will be 4-byte aligned (or more) anyways. So you get 4 bytes allocated
despite the fact that you're using 'char'.
If you write a struct like this:
struct {
char small;
int large;
int large2;
};
then the struct is also 12 bytes in size and you're gaining NO space by
using char, at all.
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