AAPCS defines the natural alignment of a composite type as the maximum of the alignment of the members. Both GCC and Clang appear to honor __attribute__((packed)) when computing natural alignment, essentially setting the natural alignment to 1; obligatory godbolt link. This is probably worth clarifying.
AAPCS defines the natural alignment of a composite type as the maximum of the alignment of the members. Both GCC and Clang appear to honor
__attribute__((packed))when computing natural alignment, essentially setting the natural alignment to 1; obligatory godbolt link. This is probably worth clarifying.