alignment.hh

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#ifndef DUNE_ALIGNMENT_HH
#define DUNE_ALIGNMENT_HH
 
#include <cstddef>
#include <type_traits>
 
namespace Dune
{
 
  namespace
  {
 
    template<class T>
    struct AlignmentStruct
    {
      char c;
      T t;
      void hack();
    };
 
    template<class T, std::size_t N>
    struct AlignmentHelper
    {
      enum { N2 = sizeof(AlignmentStruct<T>) - sizeof(T) - N };
      char padding1[N];
      T t;
      char padding2[N2];
    };
 
#define ALIGNMENT_MODULO(a, b)   (a % b == 0 ? \
                                  static_cast<std::size_t>(b) : \
                                  static_cast<std::size_t>(a % b))
#define ALIGNMENT_MIN(a, b)      (static_cast<std::size_t>(a) <   \
                                  static_cast<std::size_t>(b) ? \
                                  static_cast<std::size_t>(a) : \
                                  static_cast<std::size_t>(b))
    template <class T, std::size_t N>
    struct AlignmentTester
    {
      typedef AlignmentStruct<T>        s;
      typedef AlignmentHelper<T, N>     h;
      typedef AlignmentTester<T, N - 1> next;
      enum
      {
        a1       = ALIGNMENT_MODULO(N        , sizeof(T)),
        a2       = ALIGNMENT_MODULO(h::N2    , sizeof(T)),
        a3       = ALIGNMENT_MODULO(sizeof(h), sizeof(T)),
        a        = sizeof(h) == sizeof(s) ? ALIGNMENT_MIN(a1, a2) : a3,
        result   = ALIGNMENT_MIN(a, next::result)
      };
    };
 
    template <class T>
    struct AlignmentTester<T, 0>
    {
      enum
      {
        result = ALIGNMENT_MODULO(sizeof(AlignmentStruct<T>), sizeof(T))
      };
    };
  } //end anonymous namespace
 
  template <class T>
  struct AlignmentOf
  {
 
    enum
    {
      value = std::alignment_of<T>::value
    };
  };
 
}
#endif