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Re: DATA_ALIGNMENT vs. DECL_USER_ALIGNMENT
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- To: rth at redhat dot com
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 03 17:49:40 EDT
- Subject: Re: DATA_ALIGNMENT vs. DECL_USER_ALIGNMENT
Seems to me that if this is happening, it's a failing of the
layout_type interface. It definitely seems Wrong to abuse
*USER_ALIGN for this.
Why? It seems like what it means is "the alignment of this type was set the
way it is for a reason. Please don't change it." And that applies here.