[Dev-C++] [Dev-C++]: Errors in structures

[Jeethu R. <je...@sa...>]

Hi,

I've noticed this strange little Bug.I'm not certain weather its a bug or a
feature.

The size of this structure is actually 13 bytes.

But sizeof(header) says its 16.

struct tea_hdr
 {
 char jte[3];
 unsigned char version;
 DWORD infile_size;
 DWORD infile_crc;
 unsigned char fname_sz;
 }header;

No, if I comment out the fname_sz member,

struct tea_hdr
 {
 char jte[3];
 unsigned char version;
 DWORD infile_size;
 DWORD infile_crc;
 //unsigned char fname_sz;
 }header;

sizeof(header) returns 12.

Is the compiler trying to align structure on DWORD boundaries?

How do I get rid of this Bug/Feature ?

Thnx,
Jeethu Rao