How to use packed attribute in mingw Compiler
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wrote on 21 Oct 2020, 03:59 last edited by
I Have been facing an issue in which when i use #pragma pack and #pragma push packs my structure well in mingw compiler , where as when i use attribute(packed) it doesnt pack my structure , but in my case i want to use __attribute __ , is there any way possible to pack my structure
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I Have been facing an issue in which when i use #pragma pack and #pragma push packs my structure well in mingw compiler , where as when i use attribute(packed) it doesnt pack my structure , but in my case i want to use __attribute __ , is there any way possible to pack my structure
wrote on 21 Oct 2020, 10:12 last edited by@ManiRon28
From a couple of years ago at least there are posts stating that__attribute__ ((packed))works in gcc but is "broken" in MinGW, and the suggested workaround is to use#pragma pack:https://stackoverflow.com/a/37199319/489865
https://stackoverflow.com/a/31622291/489865
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52991
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