SizeOf packed record is different when record placed into packed array [0..0], see source please

31 Jan 2003

      Hi All.

program test;

type
  t1 = packed record
    item1 : byte;
    item2: byte;
    item3: byte;
  end;
  t2 = packed array [0..0] of t1;

begin
  writeln ('SizeOf (t1): ', SizeOf (t1));
  writeln ('SizeOf (t2): ', SizeOf (t2));  
  readln;
end.

Output of program:

SizeOf (t1): 3
SizeOf (t2): 4

Could anybody tell me - why?

Thanks.

software:

gpc version 2.1 (20020510), based on 2.95.3 20010315 (release)
Linux RedHat 2.5.52

Ingvar Marny

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