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What is a "packed" structure in C?

I am going though some C code written for the Microchip C30 compiler and I often see structs defined as …

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Packed bit fields in c structures - GCC

I am working with structs in c on linux. I started using bit fields and the "packed" attribute and I …

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Printing packed structs in System Verilog

I have a packed struct defined as shown below typedef struct packed { logic bit1; logic [7:0] byte1; } MyPackedStruct; MyPackedStruct myPackedStruct; Is …

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Are packed structs portable?

I have some code on a Cortex-M4 microcontroller and'd like to communicate with a PC using a binary protocol. Currently, …

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Why can't I return a reference to a packed field?

I use g++ to compile code with packed fields. However, I receive an error when trying to return a reference …

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