Re: Isn't it time there was a standard align statement?
artifact.one@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
It'd be really pleasant (in my opinion) if the next revision of
the C language actually allowed some portable control over data
alignment.
Alignment is not for the benefit of the compiler, but to allow the
compiler to use the destination machine.
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