Arrange the struct like this to get zero padding (I think): Data As String Timestamp As Float Player As Short Type As Byte Acknowledged As Boolean
2012/2/29 Benoît Minisini <gam...@users.sourceforge.net> > Le 29/02/2012 07:26, Kevin Fishburne a écrit : > >>> > >>> Public Struct Server_QueueOut > >>> Acknowledged As Boolean ' Whether or not transaction has been > >>> acknowledged by recipient. > >>> Player As Short ' Number of player transaction was sent > to. > >>> Timestamp As Float ' Time transaction was sent. > >>> Type As Byte ' Transaction type. > >>> Data As String ' Transaction payload. > >>> End Struct > > Size of the structure (32 bits) : > 8 (Gambas object base) > + 1 > + 1 (padding) > + 2 > + 4 (padding) > + 8 > + 1 > + 3 (padding) > + 4 > = 32 bytes > > >>> Public QueueOut[2000, 32768] As Struct Server_QueueOut > > 2000 * 32768 * 32 = 2097152000 bytes = 2 Gb. > > It's worse on 64 bits because of the padding. > > -- > Benoît Minisini > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user