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@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ dealing with all of them separately. You first define the struct type like so::
bool elite
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You can use boolean fields, numeric fields (byte, word, float), and pointer fields (including str, which is translated into ^^ubyte).
You can use boolean fields, numeric fields (byte, word, long, float), and pointer fields (including str, which is translated into ^^ubyte).
You cannot nest struct types nor put arrays in them as a field.
Fields in a struct are 'packed' (meaning the values are placed back-to-back in memory), and placed in memory in order of declaration. This guarantees exact size and place of the fields.
``sizeof()`` knows how to calculate the combined size of a struct, and ``offsetof()`` can be used to get the byte offset of a given field in the struct.