Size of an empty class why 1 byte ?

Sweety

hello,
why sizeof an empty class why 1 byte ?

plz illustrate this ?
bye

Jul 22 '05 #1

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Victor Bazarov

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

rossum

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

DaKoadMunky

http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_f...l#sizeof-empty

Jul 22 '05 #4

rossum

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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Jul 22 '05 #5

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