On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Robert Haas<robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> I see that... but I don't think the test in the first loop is correct.
> It's based on the value of i % 4, but I'm not convinced that you know
> anything about the alignment at the point where i == 0.
That's correct. To check the alignment you would have to look at the
actual pointer. I would suggest using the existing macros to handle
alignment. Hm, though the only one I see offhand which is relevant is
the moderately silly PointerIsAligned(). Still it would make the code
clearer even if it's pretty simple.
Incidentally, the char foo[4] = {' ',' ',' ',' '} suggestion is, I
think, bogus. There would be no alignment guarantee on that array.
Personally I'm find with 0x20202020 with a comment explaining what it
is.
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greg
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