From -1756871686720516188 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,84d8f03c42dfd615 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-06 01:19:44 PST Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!cs.uiuc.edu!sparc0b!pjl From: pjl@cs.uiuc.edu (Paul Lucas) Subject: Re: Representation of data members in memory Message-ID: Sender: news@cs.uiuc.edu Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign References: <1n7v3d$mks@info2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1993 01:55:49 GMT Lines: 20 In <1n7v3d$mks@info2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> seibold@nvdv.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.dbp.de (Wolfram Seibold (Se)) writes: >Hi, >I have to transmit different c++ class-instantiations over stream-channels. >The classes are derived from a base-class containing a type-identifier >to determine the size of the class-instantiation. This type-identifier >must be transmitted first to ensure correct reception of the transmitted >data. >Therefore my question: >Does the c++ standard determine how data members are stored in memory?? Nothing even close. Transmit your member in the order you want them transmitted. -- - Paul J. Lucas AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, IL