Visualizing Memory Layout in Visual Studio

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Visual Studio 2022 v17.8 adds an inline memory-layout inspector that shows size and alignment when hovering a type and a clickable Memory Layout link that opens a colorized view with per-member offsets and sizes. It reports classes, structs, unions and enums, reflects virtual-function storage, and works at declarations and use sites. A secondary table view lists members with offsets at left and sizes at right so actual padding and surprising gaps become obvious.

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