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  1. 01Struct layout, alignment, and memory padding
  2. 02Dynamic arrays and amortized growth
  3. 03Linked nodes and pointer manipulation
  4. 04Binary serialization and network packet parsing

Data structures and binary layouts in C

Struct layout, alignment, and memory padding

How compilers arrange struct fields in memory, natural alignment constraints, internal and trailing padding, and field reordering optimization.

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