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alignment

The rule that a value must start at an address divisible by some number.

A type's alignment is the power of two its address must be a multiple of; the compiler adds padding to satisfy it.

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Examples

  • std::mem::align_of::<u64>() is 8, so every u64 starts at an address that is a multiple of 8.

See also

padding address zero-sized type
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