Are these 2 structs layout-compatible?
struct One {
float x, y, z;
};
struct Two {
float c[3];
};
Both contains 3 floats, so in a
The compiler is allowed to add padding between members in a class
or struct
.
Array elements are in contiguous locations.
They may not be layout compatible depending on how the compiler organizes the members in the struct
.
Well, no:
[...] if they have the same number of non-static data members [...]
One
has three members: x
, y
, and z
. Two
has one member: c
. They don't have the same number of non-static data members, therefore they aren't layout compatible.
The new wording is different but you end up at the same place. [basic.types] defines layout-compatible as:
Two types cv1 T1 and cv2 T2 are layout-compatible types if T1 and T2 are the same type, layout-compatible enumerations, or layout-compatible standard-layout class types.
[class.mem] defines layout-compatible classes are:
Two standard-layout struct types are layout-compatible classes if their common initial sequence comprises all members and bit-fields of both classes ([basic.types]).
Where the common initial sequence is:
The common initial sequence of two standard-layout struct types is the longest sequence of non-static data members and bit-fields in declaration order, starting with the first such entity in each of the structs, such that corresponding entities have layout-compatible types and either neither entity is a bit-field or both are bit-fields with the same width.
Here, the first member of One
(float x
) is not layout-compatible with the first member of Two
(float c[3]
), so the common initial sequence is empty.