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struct buffer {
    size_t size;
    char buffer[50];
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void func(struct buffer *buf) {

  struct buffer *buf_cpy = malloc((sizeof(struct buffer));
  if (buf_cpy == NULL) {
    /* Handle malloc() error */
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  memcpy(buf_cpy, buf, sizeof(struct buffer));
}

h2. References
\[[Dowd 06|AA. C References#Dowd 06]\] Chapter 6, "C Language Issues" (Structure Padding 284-287)
\[[ISO/IEC 9899-1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 6.7.2.1, "Structure and union specifiers"