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As hinted by another commenter this is because a byte is usually the smallest unit addressable in memory so using a whole byte even if the type does not require
by mytailorisrich 2y ago
As hinted by another commenter this is because a byte is usually the smallest unit addressable in memory so using a whole byte even if the type does not require it simplifies everything.
- muth02446 2y agothere are also atomicity issues