static alignment and hash sync

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Haley <aph@cambridge.redhat.com> writes:

Andrew> I may be wrong, but AFAICR alignment is a type attribute, and
Andrew> __attribute__((aligned)) when applied to a decl doesn't create
Andrew> a new type.  For clarity and compatibility it's best to create
Andrew> a new aligned type via a typedef and use that.

According to the manual this attribute can also be applied to a
variable.  See the `Variable Attributes' node.  Maybe it doesn't work
though.

Another choice would be to simply put the attribute on the Class class
itself.  Why not do it there?

Tom