On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Is there some method to tell the compiler that *val may not be word >> aligned, so the compiler can generate code to work around the >> alignment issue (instead of assuming the *val will be word aligned)? > > No. Avoid writing this sort of code. I thought as much. Then why is attribute((packed)) provided? I really don't see a use for it. Why not rename it to __attribute__((addressviolation))? Thanks.
