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[mcdonald at uxe.cso.uiuc.edu]

/* Written  2:11 pm  Dec 14, 1988 by guy at auspex.UUCP in uxe.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.unix.questions */

 >It seems to me the idea is that memcpy should be the most efficient
 >possible way to copy SMALL things - maybe even things like structs
 >containing four bytes, in which case a 32 bit integer move instruction
 >could be generated (if the alignemnt was right).

The C compilers I know of generate inline code, not calls to "memcpy" or
any other subroutine, for structure assignments; they may even generate
such a move instruction if appropriate.
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My brain was on coffee break when I said "struct". I meant "array".