[Aldor-l] alignof

[Stephen Watt]

Pippijn,

Can you give an example of a compiler and input for which the macro is incorrect ?

-- Stephen


On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:43:44PM +0100, Pippijn van Steenhoven wrote:
> Hello developers and users of Aldor,
> 
> I keep wondering what to do with this:
> 
> # define alignof(T)             (sizeof(struct {char a; T b;}) - sizeof(T))
> 
> as it's incorrect. When the compiler adds padding to the structure, this
> macro may return a negative value, breaking everything.
> 
> -- 
> Pippijn van Steenhoven



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