SUMMARY

In a structure, is I point a referance member, the size information show me the size of the referanced structure, not the size of the referance itself.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Use this example in a cpp file:

struct test
{
  char buff[1024];
};

struct test2
{
  test &data1; // show size 1024
  test *data2; // show size 8
};

EXPECTED RESULT

In my point of view, I expect the "true" size of the member, so 8 in both pointer and referance cases.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma:  Kubuntu 20.10 / Linux 5.8.0-45
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.74.0
Qt Version: 5.14.2