> But in practice, if you know all your targets support the right "#pragma pack" and "__attribute__((packed))" and other markers that you use - what's wrong wit

> But in practice, if you know all your targets support the right "#pragma pack" and "__attribute__((packed))" and other markers that you use - what's wrong with making use of them? You know that at this moment they all support the right __attribute__((packed)) et co.. Bonus points for endianness crap.