diff --git a/src/type-layout.md b/src/type-layout.md index 84c643f96..fe611559f 100644 --- a/src/type-layout.md +++ b/src/type-layout.md @@ -322,6 +322,10 @@ The `align` and `packed` modifiers cannot be applied on the same type and a `packed` type cannot transitively contain another `align`ed type. `align` and `packed` may only be applied to the [default] and [`C`] representations. +The `align` modifier can also be applied on an `enum`. +When it is, the effect on the `enum`'s alignment is the same as if the `enum` +was wrapped in a newtype `struct` with the same `align` modifier. +
***Warning:*** Dereferencing an unaligned pointer is [undefined behavior] and