[2901] in java-interest
Re: Storage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Ball)
Thu Oct 19 19:13:20 1995
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 14:06:08 -0700
From: Thomas.Ball@Eng.Sun.COM (Thomas Ball)
To: mash@interport.net
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Don't take anyone's word for it, check it out yourself: compile the
class, and run javah on that class to get a C header file.
Tom Ball
Java Products Group
> I have a question concerning how Java deals with byte-aligned data.
> If allocate an array of 1000 of the following object...
>
> public class MidiMessage {
> public byte status;
> public byte data1;
> public byte data2;
> }
>
> ...will I be allocating 3000, 4000, or (God forbid) 12000 bytes of machine
> memory? Am I better off packing the bytes myself into an int? Any guidance
> would be appreciated. Thanks!
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