[issue26746] struct.pack(): trailing padding bytes on x64

[Meador Inge]

Meador Inge added the comment:

I'm not to crazy about the trailing padding syntax either.  The behavior is documented all the way back to Python 2.6.  So, I would be hesitant to change it now.

If the new 'T{...}' struct syntax from issue3132 ever gets added, then maybe we could address this there?

FWIW, internal and trailing padding is implementation defined by the C standard.  That being said, most compilers I have worked with add the trailing padding.

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