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Subject: Re: A Record Interpretation of an Array
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"Marc A. Criley" <mcqada@earthlink.net> writes:
[...]
> Since all the array elements/record fields in this pathology are of the
> same type (therefore size), there should be no reason for a modern
> compiler to reorder them.

Probably true, but there's no guarantee that it won't.  (I'm probably
more fanatical than most about sticking to what the standard actually
guarantees whenever possible.)

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