PR25413 - data alignment question

[Richard Guenther]

On 12/15/05, Dorit Naishlos <DORIT@il.ibm.com> wrote:

> So, in short - when can we assume that pointer types have the minimum
> alignment required by their underlying type?

I think the C standard always guarantees this.  Of course with packed
structs or malicious users this is not always true but may (at least in
the case of malicious users) be invoking unspecified behavior.

Richard.