comparison align8.cpp @ 4:92ee28024c05

* Avoid trying to do explicit 32-bit-pointer alignment on 64-bit systems

 
   Returns pointer to a memory block of $size starting at an address divisible by 8.
 */
 void* malloc8(unsigned size)
 {
+#if (!defined(__SIZEOF_POINTER__) || (__SIZEOF_POINTER__ == 4))
   char *buffer, *result;
   buffer=(char*)malloc(size+8+sizeof(void*));
   if(!buffer) return(NULL);
   char* tmp=&buffer[sizeof(void*)];
   result=&((char*)((unsigned)tmp&0xFFFFFFF8))[8];
   ((void**)result)[-1]=buffer;
   return(result);
+#else
+  return malloc(size);
+#endif
 }//malloc8
 
 /*
   function free8: deallocation for malloc8()
 
   No return value.
 */
 void free8(void* buffer8)
 {
-  if (buffer8) free(((void**)buffer8)[-1]);
+#if (!defined(__SIZEOF_POINTER__) || (__SIZEOF_POINTER__ == 4))
+    if (buffer8) free(((void**)buffer8)[-1]);
+#else 
+    free(buffer8);
+#endif
 }//free8
+