Date:	Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:33:43 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id:	<199907071433.KAA07076@indy.delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
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	Zaretskii on Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:29:34 +0300 (IDT))
Subject:	Re: .align directives in libc.a
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> Then what is the purpose of having .align directives in the assembly 
> modules in the library?  At least in crt0.S and in exceptn.S it looks 
> like they are judiciously placed where performance really matters.

They have the most effect when placed *between* things, to *restore*
alignment that may have been lost due to unknown sizes of functions,
data objects, etc, within that object.  Placing them at the beginning
of a section has no effect.

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