Re: sizeof a union

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:10:34 +0800, in comp.lang.c , "Mockey Chen"
<mockey.chen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>My friend ask me a question as following:

of the size of a union or struct

>My compiler tell me the answer is 6.
>I want to know why the answer is 6.

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