Re: Allocators design flaw

[Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru>]

Simon Wright wrote:

> Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> writes:
> 
>>> If the C struct needs alignment greater than that of the elements of
>>> which it is composed (see the AI for example) it would have it.
>>
>> "it would have it"? What this sequence of English words mean?
> 
> it would have such an alignment
> 
>   struct chrs {
>     char c[10];
>   }
> 
> only *needs* alignment of 1
> 
>   struct chrs {
>     int last;
>     char c[256];
>   }

No, all C structs share the same alignment.

> needs the alignment of int (4 on this Mac)
> 
> (aploogies if the C isn't correct)
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