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ALIGNMENT
ALIGNMENT is an HP Pascal Option.
The ALIGNMENT compiler option specifies the alignment requirements for a
type (for the definition of alignment see Chapter 5 ). It cannot be
used with string or file types. The alignment of a record or array must
be at least as large as its largest field or element.
ALIGNMENT does not support alignments greater than 8 bytes for variables.
Only fields are aligned greater than 8 bytes. However, you can align a
record or array with more than 8 bytes through a call to P_GETHEAP with
the appropriate alignment parameter.
Syntax
$ALIGNMENT integer$
Parameter
integer In the range 1..2048. The following values for integer
specify the alignments indicated. Other values are
illegal.
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Default Depends upon packing algorithm.
Location After the symbol = in a type definition.
Example
TYPE
Rec = $ALIGNMENT 16$
RECORD
F1 : Integer;
F2 : ShortInt;
F3 : Real;
END;
Integer_ = $ALIGNMENT 2$ Integer;
Ptr = ^Integer_;