• Tony (6/6) Nov 14 2008 I'm reading a very old feature list of D and it says that D has struct
• Kagamin (3/9) Nov 14 2008 It's easy to use feature. Custom serialization is needed on a higher lev...
• Tony (8/18) Nov 14 2008 In my reading of D features, I thought I saw 3 alignment control mechani...
• Jarrett Billingsley (2/13) Nov 14 2008 Then you probably saw wrong. There's just 'align'.

"Tony" <tonytech08 gmail.com> writes:

I'm reading a very old feature list of D and it says that D has struct 
member alignment control "to ensure compatibility with externally imposed 
data formats". So, questions: 1. How does one use that? 2. Is it accepted 
practice in D programming to write/read structs to/fro, say a disk file, 
without marshalling?

Tony 

Kagamin <spam here.lot> writes:

Tony Wrote:

 I'm reading a very old feature list of D and it says that D has struct 
 member alignment control "to ensure compatibility with externally imposed 
 data formats". So, questions: 1. How does one use that?

align attribute

 2. Is it accepted 
 practice in D programming to write/read structs to/fro, say a disk file, 
 without marshalling?

It's easy to use feature. Custom serialization is needed on a higher level, say
when saving "document".

"Tony" <tonytech08 gmail.com> writes:

"Kagamin" <spam here.lot> wrote in message 
news:gfk16c$1bmq$1 digitalmars.com...
 Tony Wrote:

 I'm reading a very old feature list of D and it says that D has struct
 member alignment control "to ensure compatibility with externally imposed
 data formats". So, questions: 1. How does one use that?

 align attribute

In my reading of D features, I thought I saw 3 alignment control mechanisms 
(?).

 2. Is it accepted
 practice in D programming to write/read structs to/fro, say a disk file,
 without marshalling?

 It's easy to use feature. Custom serialization is needed on a higher 
 level, say when saving "document".

So the answer then is 'yes'?

Others chime in too please, this is a key issue/feature (hehe, which is it? 
Speak your opinions!).

Tony 

"Jarrett Billingsley" <jarrett.billingsley gmail.com> writes:

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Tony <tonytech08 gmail.com> wrote:
 "Kagamin" <spam here.lot> wrote in message
 news:gfk16c$1bmq$1 digitalmars.com...
 Tony Wrote:

 I'm reading a very old feature list of D and it says that D has struct
 member alignment control "to ensure compatibility with externally imposed
 data formats". So, questions: 1. How does one use that?

 align attribute

 In my reading of D features, I thought I saw 3 alignment control mechanisms
 (?).

Then you probably saw wrong.  There's just 'align'.