On 01/05/2022 10.22, Abdullah Qasim via Std-Proposals wrote:
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> char* ptr; // used for dynamic allocation
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> uint64_t length;
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> }
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> Now, assume I make cstring c(“12”)
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> Length takes 8 bytes.
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> Allocated char array takes 3 bytes.
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> alignof(c)
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> returns 8
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> Why not 3?:
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> operator alignof () {
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> return alignof (charArr);
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> }
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> Which is what the user expected!

Are you confusing sizeof and alignof?
Why would alignof(charArr) ever return 3?

Jens