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Size of an empty class why 1 byte ?

hello,
why sizeof an empty class why 1 byte ?

plz illustrate this ?
bye
Jul 22 '05 #1
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Sweety wrote:
why sizeof an empty class why 1 byte ?


Because if it weren't there would be no way to
distinguish between different objects in an array.

V
Jul 22 '05 #2
On 20 Aug 2004 12:56:34 -0700, sw************@ yahoo.co.in (Sweety)
wrote:
hello,
why sizeof an empty class why 1 byte ?

plz illustrate this ?
bye


Everything must have a different address in memory, otherwise there
are big possibilities for confusion with pointers, references and
suchlike. Hence even an empty class takes up one byte so the next
thing you declare will have a different address.

rossum

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Jul 22 '05 #3
On 21 Aug 2004 01:00:41 GMT, da*********@aol .com (DaKoadMunky) wrote:
http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_f...l#sizeof-empty


[mode = modesty NOT]Nice to see that Bjarne agrees with me.[/mode]

rossum

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