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Re: BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT on AIX 32-bit
- From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at adacore dot com>
- To: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>
- Cc: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:25:43 +0100
- Subject: Re: BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT on AIX 32-bit
- References: <200601141705.k0EH5wpw016320@earth.phy.uc.edu>
> Huh? Where is this requirement documented because I don't see it at all
> in tm.texi?
It's a logical consequence of the code in assign_stack_local_1.
> Also what is Ada using BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT for, that just seems
> wrong.
Well, the manual reads:
-- Macro: BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT
Biggest alignment that any data type can require on this machine,
in bits.
My reading is that a local variable is entitled to require BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT.
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Eric Botcazou