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Its syntax is just like <code>sizeof</code> and C11 <code>_Alignof</code>. +</p> +<p>For example, if the target machine requires a <code>double</code> value to be +aligned on an 8-byte boundary, then <code>__alignof__ (double)</code> is 8. +This is true on many RISC machines. On more traditional machine +designs, <code>__alignof__ (double)</code> is 4 or even 2. +</p> +<p>Some machines never actually require alignment; they allow references to any +data type even at an odd address. For these machines, <code>__alignof__</code> +reports the smallest alignment that GCC gives the data type, usually as +mandated by the target ABI. +</p> +<p>If the operand of <code>__alignof__</code> is an lvalue rather than a type, +its value is the required alignment for its type, taking into account +any minimum alignment specified by attribute <code>aligned</code> +(see <a href="Common-Variable-Attributes.html#Common-Variable-Attributes">Common Variable Attributes</a>). For example, after this +declaration: +</p> +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample">struct foo { int x; char y; } foo1; +</pre></div> + +<p>the value of <code>__alignof__ (foo1.y)</code> is 1, even though its actual +alignment is probably 2 or 4, the same as <code>__alignof__ (int)</code>. +It is an error to ask for the alignment of an incomplete type other +than <code>void</code>. +</p> +<p>If the operand of the <code>__alignof__</code> expression is a function, +the expression evaluates to the alignment of the function which may +be specified by attribute <code>aligned</code> (see <a href="Common-Function-Attributes.html#Common-Function-Attributes">Common Function Attributes</a>). +</p> + + + +</body> +</html> |