[LCP]struct size

[Srinath Thiruvengadam]

hello all,

please see this code

struct somestruct
{
 int a;
 char b;
 char c;
}stvar;

int main()
{
  printf("%d",sizeof(stvar));
}

the o/p is 8.  i was expecting 6 as 'a' occupies 4 bytest and 'b','c' 
one byte each !  how is it 8 ??

Thanks, 
Srinath
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