Re: [bug-mes] MesCC neglects alignment requirements of the System V ABI

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Mark H Weaver writes:

> The System V ABI specifies alignment requirements for each C type.
> Padding must be implicitly inserted in structures to ensure that each
> field is properly aligned.  MesCC does not do this, and therefore it
> violates the ABI.
>
> For example, see section 3.1.2 (Data Representation) here:
>
>   
> https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/article/402129/mpx-linux64-abi.pdf
>
> One consequence of this is that MesCC-compiled code cannot reliably be
> linked with code compiled by other compilers, because there may be
> disagreements over structure layout.

That's good to know.  I haven't had being compatible as a goal but it
could be (more than) nice to have, just from a verification perspective
as you point out.

Thanks,
janneke

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