From: Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-04-22T22:50:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Memory alignment

Detlef Reichl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in an C extension i need to generate ruby strings, where str->ptr is
> aligned to a 16 byte boundary. This is necessary so that the data can be
> used with simd engines (AltiVec, SSE, ...).
>
> Is there a way to do this?
>
> Cheers
> detlef
>
>   
There's no way to tell Ruby to align its strings this way. Your only option is to make a copy aligned to your needs.