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style: packed structs #202

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Expand Up @@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ anything in the general guide.
* Do not use `typedef` to create a type alias for an `enum`; always
specify `enum` types as `word_t` (otherwise, the `enum` size is
determined by the compiler).
* All `struct`s must be packed, i.e. not contain any implicit padding
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that is inserted by the compiler (otherwise memory content is
unspecified). Use explicit `padding` fields of the required type size to
remove implicit compiler padding.

## Further resources

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