``` struct Inner { a: u32, b: u8, } struct Outer { c: u16, inner: Inner, d: u8, } ``` Is the Rust compiler allowed to make...
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struct Inner {
 a: u32,
 b: u8,
}

struct Outer {
 c: u16,
 inner: Inner,
 d: u8,
}

Is the Rust compiler allowed to make the outer struct have the following memory layout?

struct Outer { a: u32, c: u16, b: u8, d: u8, }

If it isn’t, why?