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?RCS: Copyright (c) 1991-1997, 2004-2006, Raphael Manfredi
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?RCS: $Log: alignbytes.U,v $
?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.2  1994/10/29  16:02:28  ram
?RCS: patch36: added ?F: line for metalint file checking
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?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.1  1994/05/06  14:25:20  ram
?RCS: patch23: avoid ALIGNBYTES, since it conflicts on NetBSD
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?RCS: Revision 3.0  1993/08/18  12:05:23  ram
?RCS: Baseline for dist 3.0 netwide release.
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?MAKE:alignbytes: Myread cat cc ccflags rm
?MAKE:	-pick add $@ %<
?S:alignbytes:
?S:	This variable holds the number of bytes required to align a
?S:	double. Usual values are 2, 4 and 8.
?S:.
?X: This used to be called ALIGNBYTES, but that conflicts with
?X: <machines/param.h> in NetBSD.
?C:MEM_ALIGNBYTES (ALIGNBYTES):
?C:	This symbol contains the number of bytes required to align a
?C:	double. Usual values are 2, 4 and 8.
?C:.
?H:#define MEM_ALIGNBYTES $alignbytes	/**/
?H:.
?F:!try
: check for alignment requirements
echo " "
case "$alignbytes" in
'') echo "Checking alignment constraints..." >&4
	$cat >try.c <<'EOCP'
struct foobar {
	char foo;
	double bar;
} try;
int main()
{
	printf("%d\n", (char *)&try.bar - (char *)&try.foo);
}
EOCP
	if $cc $ccflags try.c -o try >/dev/null 2>&1; then
		dflt=`./try`
	else
		dflt='8'
		echo "(I can't seem to compile the test program...)"
	fi
	;;
*) dflt="$alignbytes"
	;;
esac
rp="Doubles must be aligned on a how-many-byte boundary?"
. ./myread
alignbytes="$ans"
$rm -f try.c try