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Re: Alignment issue on ARM: msg#00122

Subject: Re: Alignment issue on ARM
On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 14:47, Ralph Siemsen wrote:
> However, the behaviour of the CPU in this case is not part of the
> specification, and so you really shouldn't rely on it.  Best to avoid
> unaligned accesses in the first place.

It is part of the architecture specification, though it's somewhat
surprising to most users.  Like you say, it's best not to depend on
this.

p.


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