alignment (schema -- alignment)

Inputs

• schema: Object or Ref whose dereferenced schema determines the reported alignment.

Outputs

• alignment: Alignment requirement as known Natx.

Ref inputs are followed before the query. Current value contents, current value state, and current view qualifiers do not participate.

Behavior

• Code and Text targets are invalid.

Example

{} 0 {} [
  value: 0n8 dynamic;

  "-- same schema, same result --" printCompilerMessage
  0n8 alignment printStack _:;
  value alignment printStack _:;
  @value alignment printStack _:;

  0
] "main" exportFunction

Expected Output During Compilation

-- same schema, same result --
1nx
1nx
1nx

See also

• addressToReference builtin (address modelValue -- reconstructedValue) Typed reconstruction from a numeric storage address. Ref-like model objects keep their schema, and direct non-Ref-like model objects produce Ref results.
• manuallyDestroyVariable builtin (object --) Manual in-place destruction without freeing storage.
• manuallyInitVariable builtin (object --) Manual initialization in existing storage.
• storageAddress builtin (object -- address) Current stack object storage-address query; known NIL Ref, Text, and Code objects yield 0nx.
• storageSize builtin (schema -- size) Known Natx storage size of the dereferenced schema.