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re: "Wire" definitions and __packed



>      X86 doesn't have alignment restrictions.  The platform
> practically lets you get away with murder, and thus is not useful
> as a test platform.

FWIW, this hasn't been true since at least 1999 (SSE.)  also,
while no one uses them, x86 has "alignment checking" options.


.mrg.


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