Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:41:33 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Michal <wapex AT silesia DOT top DOT pl>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Alignment
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On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Michal wrote:

> Few weeks ago I was posting to ask how to align a global int variable.
> The ansewr was 'see section 14.3 if FAQ'. I've checked it and I've
> figured out that variables are aligned on boudary wich is half of their
> size.

No, AFAIK they are generally aligned on the boundary which is their
size.

> and I was asking about non-standard boundary (like for example
> 16).

Why do you need to align on 16-byte boundary?  No C data type is that
long, as far as I know.