C / C++ / MFC

char *name = "David"; // there is an implied \0 at the end of this string<br />
CString str = "My name is ";<br />
str += name;

struct foo      
{               // default (align=8)      pack(1)
  char   c;     // & = this+0             & = this + 0
                // (3 pad bytes)          (no pad bytes)   
  int    count; // & = this+4             & = this + 1
};

struct {
  char a;
  char b;    // byte - no padding needed
  __pad[2];  // pad the int to a multiple of 4
  int x;
};

struct {
  char a;
  char b;    
  __pad[6];  // pad the double (8 byte) to a multiple of 8
  double x;
};

struct {
  double x;
  char a;
  char b;    
  __pad[6];   // struct contains an 8 byte member, so pad size to n*8 bytes
};

struct {
  int x;
  int y;
  char a;
  char b;    
  __pad[2];   // biggest memebr struct contains is 4 byte ==> pad size to n*4 bytes
};