# Exploit the padding?

**URL:** <https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/exploit-the-padding/14923>\
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**Created:** [June 27, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/exploit-the-padding/14923 "2021-06-27T01:45:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/exploit-the-padding/14923/3 "2021-06-27T03:07:55Z")

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Related:

- [Feature request](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/17027)
- [RFC to separate size and stride](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/1397)
- [Prior IRLO thread](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/not-rouding-size-of-types-up-to-a-multiple-of-alignment/5106)

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