[olsr-dev] Why padding to 4 bytes in nameservice plugin?

[Jens Nachtigall]

Hi all,

I am extending the nameservice plugin at the moment (more on this if it is 
finished).

The nameservice plugin does basically send a char* name over the network, 
however all these char *name are padded to  bytes boundaries with somethiing 
like

    for (k = name->len; (k & 3) != 0; k++)
        *pos++ = '\0';
   

I wonder if this necessary? Why is it padded to 4 bytes? Unfortunately, Bruno 
(the author of these lines) is on a world trip, so I cannot ask him. Does 
anybody of you know?


Regards,
Jens
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