No, in C struct members must be allocated in the order in which they are declared. C99 §6.2.5 says: A structure type describes a sequentially allocated no

No, in C struct members must be allocated in the order in which they are declared. C99 §6.2.5 says: A structure type describes a sequentially allocated nonempty set of member objects (and, in certain circumstances, an incomplete array), each of which has an optionally specified name and possibly distinct type. and §6.5.8 says: If the objects pointed to are members of the same aggregate object, pointers to structure members declared later compare greater than pointers to members declared earlier in the structure,…