> I don't usually think of structs by the order the properties are declared In C++ you have to, since it's guaranteed by the language that members are initiali

> I don't usually think of structs by the order the properties are declared In C++ you have to, since it's guaranteed by the language that members are initialized in order of declaration (within the struct). And, like C of course, it also determines memory layout, padding and alignment > Are structs typically ordered data structures in c++ Yes, and compilers like Clang even let you inspect their memory layout