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Blog - Anatomy of a Struct (Unoptimised Example)
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unoptimised_struct.go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"unsafe"
)
type Post struct {
published bool // 1 byte
title string // 16 Bytes
content string // 16 Bytes
likes int16 // 2 bytes
// 35 bytes total, 13 bytes padding
}
func main() {
fmt.Printf("Sizeof Post: %d\n", unsafe.Sizeof(Post{}))
}
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