Porting question & info

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 06-10-92 (08:05)             Number: 116
From: TOM KIEHL                    Refer#: NONE
  To: JEFFERY FOY                   Recvd: NO  
Subj: Porting question & info        Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
Jeff, we'll try again...

Just_about Equivalents:        note... nn is character string length.
        BASIC                            C
      ----------                     -----------
  DEF TYPE  BasicType           struct struct_name { intVar
    as INTEGER                    int int_varaiable;
    longVar   as LONG             long int long_variable;
    singleVar as SINGLE           float float_variable;
    dblVar    as DOUBLE           long float double_variable;
    strVar    as STRING * nn      char string_variable [nn];
 END TYPE                       };

TK>Sample of padding for reading C word aligned structs v.s. Basic TYPES

Is padding the confusing part or just the munched table above.

JF>TK>Hope this helps v.s. confuse.
JF>Unfortunately it is the latter. :(
JF>Jeff

Hopefully Fido won't eat my homework this time.

Tom Kiehl


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