Re: runtime failure

["Theodore H. Smith" <delete at softhome dot net>]

> The compiler deals with this by inserting pad bytes after the one-byte
> boolean to ensure that the next variable starts on an appropriate 
> 4-byte
> address. Thus, a one-byte boolean variable accounts for four bytes of 
> global
> data.
>
> Maybe someday the linker will be able to sort booleans together and 
> thus
> eliminate the padding...
Yes, that is what I meant. Not 4 aligned addresses I know are awkward 
for computers, but
bools can be put next to each other just fine. I don't think reading 1 
char from the RAM is any slower at non aligned addresses than aligned 
addresses.
--
    Theodore H. Smith - Macintosh Consultant / Contractor.
    My website: <www.elfdata.com/>


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