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Applying a packed attribute to a structure removes the padding but
Answer: B
On a core that cannot fetch an unaligned word the compiler must generate several byte accesses instead of one, and on some cores an unaligned access faults outright. Packing is for matching an external format, not for saving memory in internal structures.
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