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clarified alignment expectations for g_slice_alloc().

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Tue Aug 28 19:04:12 2007  Tim Janik  <timj@gtk.org>                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                              
        * glib/tmpl/memory_slices.sgml: clarified alignment                                                                                                   
        expectations for g_slice_alloc().                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                              


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Tue Aug 28 19:04:12 2007 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* glib/tmpl/memory_slices.sgml: clarified alignment
expectations for g_slice_alloc().
2007-08-20 Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@gnome.org> 2007-08-20 Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@gnome.org>
* glib/tmpl/unicode.sgml: Document that GUnicodeScript is * glib/tmpl/unicode.sgml: Document that GUnicodeScript is

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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slice_alloc ##### --> <!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slice_alloc ##### -->
<para> <para>
Allocates a block of memory from the slice allocator. Allocates a block of memory from the slice allocator.
The block adress handed out is guaranteed to be aligned The block adress handed out can be expected to be aligned
to at least <literal>2 * sizeof (void*)</literal>. to at least <literal>1 * sizeof (void*)</literal>,
though in general slices are 2 * sizeof (void*) bytes aligned,
if a malloc() fallback implementation is used instead,
the alignment may be reduced in a libc dependent fashion.
Note that the underlying slice allocation mechanism can Note that the underlying slice allocation mechanism can
be changed with the <link linkend="G_SLICE">G_SLICE=always-malloc</link> be changed with the <link linkend="G_SLICE">G_SLICE=always-malloc</link>
environment variable. environment variable.