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July 21, 2018 15:06
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Using memory alignment to mount a 12-byte object with an int and unsigned long long
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class MemorySpace { | |
public: | |
void setSecond(long long second) { | |
this->second_1 = second & 0x00000000ffffffff; | |
this->second_2 = (second & 0xffffffff00000000) >> 32; | |
} | |
long long getSecond() { | |
return this->second_1 + (((unsigned long long )this->second_2) << 32); | |
} | |
private: | |
int first; | |
unsigned int second_1; | |
unsigned int second_2; | |
long long dummy; | |
}; | |
int main() { | |
MemorySpace ms1; | |
// It is 18446744073709551375 | |
unsigned long long second = 0xffffffffffffff0f; | |
ms1.setSecond(second); | |
// Same 18446744073709551375, but this one is got from two unsigned int variables :) | |
unsigned long long _second = ms1.getSecond(); | |
} |
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