> This can be done in one line, with one pointer, but I will do it
> step-by-step....
>
> funny struct *bits;
> char *foo, *bar;
> foo = (char *) malloc(WHATEVER); /* Waste 16 bits */
> bar = foo;
> foo += 0x00000010;
> foo &= 0xfffffff0;
> bits = (funny struct *) foo;
> ........
> do stuff
> free(bar);
Actually, that's guaranteed to waste at least one byte. The allocation of
foo only needs to grab 15 extra bytes, and the "foo += 0x10" should
be "foo += 0x0f" -- if foo is magically aligned to a 16-byte offset before
you get it, then there's very little point in shifting it up to the next
16-byte block.
-- Michael
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