> For efficiency reasons many CPUs require particular primitive data
> types (integers/pointers of various sizes) to be placed in memory at
> particular boundaries. For example, shorts ("H" above, usually two bytes
> and probably always so in the struct module) are often required to be
> on even ad
On Jun 26, 12:38 pm, "Steven Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:03 PM, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Jun 26, 9:00 am, "Steven Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Can anyone explain to me why
> >> struct.pack('HB',1,2) gives 3 bytes, whereas struct.pack(
On 25Jun2008 22:38, Steven Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:03 PM, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > On Jun 26, 9:00 am, "Steven Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| >> Can anyone explain to me why
| >> struct.pack('HB',1,2) gives 3 bytes, whereas struct.pack('BH
En Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:38:54 -0300, Steven Clark
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�:
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:03 PM, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On Jun 26, 9:00 am, "Steven Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Can anyone explain to me why
struct.pack('HB',1,2) gives 3 bytes, whereas stru
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:03 PM, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jun 26, 9:00 am, "Steven Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Can anyone explain to me why
>> struct.pack('HB',1,2) gives 3 bytes, whereas struct.pack('BH',1,2)
>> gives 4 bytes?
>>
> Alignment -- read the manual.
> --
> h
On Jun 26, 9:00 am, "Steven Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone explain to me why
> struct.pack('HB',1,2) gives 3 bytes, whereas struct.pack('BH',1,2)
> gives 4 bytes?
>
Alignment -- read the manual.
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