> I am writing a new GCC front end. One of the features provided by my > language (CIL) is explicit field layout and size for records. > > I don't know if any other languaje supported by GCC provides this > feature. If that's the case, please point me to it so that I can see how > to do it.
Ada provides this. See for example section 13.5 of the reference manual (http://www.adaic.com/standards/index.html). Best wishes, Duncan.
