[sldev] hidden 1.15 patches, bleh...

[Paul TBBle Hampson]

On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:47:57AM -0400, Alan Grimes wrote:
> Note 3: All instances of BOOL should be replaced with bool in all
> functions, methods, and global data objects without hesitation or delay.

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Coding_standards#Linden_Variable_Types

I don't neccessarily understand or agree with this line of reasoning,
but it _is_ already documented such that shouting about it isn't going
to produce a sudden head-slap and a "good catch", as much as a "read the
fine wiki" and the various other responses you've already received on
this list.

> Give the compiler a clue! Data structures and classes must be analyzed
> seperately, ALL DATA STRUCTURES AND CLASSES SHOULD BE A MULTIPLE OF 8
> BYTES IN LENGTH!!!

I'm also unclear why you want to drive all the data structures out to
such a large alignment... Sure, some 64-bit arches might benefit from
64-bit alignment of structures, but surely the compiler is already aware
of this?

Padding _classes_ out to 64-bits seems like a pointless exercise to me,
since classes have extra implementation-specific data (vtables, off
hand) which will make any manual padding efforts counter-productive.

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