[Sbcl-commits] CVS: sbcl/doc/manual ffi.texinfo,1.11,1.12

[Juho S. <js...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/sbcl/sbcl/doc/manual
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv4404/doc/manual

Modified Files:
	ffi.texinfo 
Log Message:
0.9.5.42:
        The alignment of alien structure fields can be explicitly specified.
	(Patch by Cyrus Harmon on sbcl-devel "[PATCH] optional explicit
        sb-alien struct alignment", 2005-09-30)


Index: ffi.texinfo
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RCS file: /cvsroot/sbcl/sbcl/doc/manual/ffi.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -d -r1.11 -r1.12
--- ffi.texinfo	11 Oct 2005 17:50:23 -0000	1.11
+++ ffi.texinfo	11 Oct 2005 20:21:16 -0000	1.12
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@
 The foreign type specifier @code{(sb-alien:struct @var{name} &rest
 @var{fields})} describes a structure type with the specified
 @var{name} and @var{fields}. Fields are allocated at the same offsets
-used by the implementation's C compiler. If @var{name} is @code{nil}
-then the structure is anonymous.
+used by the implementation's C compiler, as guessed by the SBCL
+internals. An optional @code{:alignment} keyword argument can be
+specified for each field to explicitly control the alignment of a
+field. If @var{name} is @code{nil} then the structure is anonymous.
 
 If a named foreign @code{struct} specifier is passed to
 @code{define-alien-type} or @code{with-alien}, then this defines,