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NAME
__alignof__ -- GNU extension for alignment of an object
SYNOPSIS
int __alignof__(void x);
DESCRIPTION
The __alignof__() operator returns the alignment of its operand. The op- erand can be a type or an expression. If the operand is a `lvalue', the return value represents the required alignment of the underlying type, not the actual alignment of the specified `lvalue'. The returned value is specific to the architecture and the ABI. If the architecture does not impose strict alignment requirements, __alignof__() returns the minimum required alignment. If __aligned(3) is used to increase the alignment, __alignof__() returns the specified alignment.
EXAMPLES
The syntax is comparable to the sizeof() operator. If the architecture aligns integers along 32-bit address boundaries, the following should print the value 4. (void)printf("%d\n", __alignof__(int)); On the other hand, the following example should print the value 1, even though this is unlikely to be the actual alignment of the structure mem- ber. struct align { int x; char y; } a; (void)printf("%d\n", __alignof__(a.y));
SEE ALSO
gcc(1), attribute(3), offsetof(3), typeof(3)
CAVEATS
This is a non-standard, compiler-specific extension. NetBSD 10.99 December 20, 2010 NetBSD 10.99
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