http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52981
--- Comment #1 from Aaron S. Kurland <akurland at digi dot com> 2012-10-24 15:22:28 UTC --- I just realized that my original message was referring to the wrong option. I meant: -Wpadded I am therefore requesting two new options: -Wpadded-element and -Wpadded-structure Sorry for the confusion.