haruspex *laugh*, no, that's not what I meant at all! It's a tiny detail, but what's interesting is to think about whether there comes a point at which tiny details don't matter, or if they all add up. It's rare that I've seen more than a megabyte or so of savings in a program by reordering structs, and usually there are larger gains to be had elsewhere. Those who start out not thinking about architectural details and code without worrying about memory will get bitten, though.

So a minor point, and all I can say is I was bored :-)