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This kind of optimized placement could in principle be done by a sufficiently smart compiler, but no such compiler exists. That's why existing compilers allow

This kind of optimized placement could in principle be done by a sufficiently smart compiler, but no such compiler exists. That's why existing compilers allow their users to control layout by, as you say, relying on an implementation detail.

masklinn 11y ago
No, the language can specify source—order struct layout, either by default or opt-in.