pad, Qpad

Enables the changing of the variable and array memory layout.

IDE Equivalent

None

Architectures

IA-32, IntelŪ EM64T, IntelŪ ItaniumŪ architecture

Syntax

Linux: -pad
-nopad
Windows: /Qpad
/Qpad-

Arguments

None

Default

OFF Variable and array memory layout is performed by default methods.

Description

This option enables the changing of the variable and array memory layout.

This option is effectively not different from the align option when applied to structures and derived types. However, the scope of pad is greater because it applies also to common blocks, derived types, sequence types, and structures.

Alternate Options

None

See Also

align compiler option