On Monday 02 July 2012 12:14:40 Måns Rullgård wrote: > It's slightly more complicated than that. Data can be misaligned for a > variety of reasons: > > 1. Errors in software. > 2. Specified by a file format or communication protocol. > 3. Deliberately misaligned by the compiler. > > Misaligned data of type 1 should of course be fixed properly, not worked > around in any way.
it's also a reliability aspect. people don't write bug free software, not bug free protocols, nor bug free compilers. when misalignment does happen in the field, it's a hell of a lot better if the software continued to execute correctly rather than randomly triggered an exception. -mike
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