DATA_ALIGNMENT vs. DECL_USER_ALIGNMENT

David Edelsohn dje@watson.ibm.com
Thu Apr 10 21:52:00 GMT 2003


>>>>> Richard Kenner writes:

Richard> Because of the requirement that the alignment of most types be *static*.
Richard> So they cannot be changed from what the front end thinks they are, whether
Richard> or not they got that way by explicit user action.

	Then it sounds like we need a way for the port to specify or the
front-end to query the minimum alignment allowed for the target.  This
would allow the front-end to statically know the alignment of the type
while maintaining the target requirements.

David



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