add align_of! for computing alignment of DSTs

The `align_of!` macro uses `trailing_field_offset!` to compute the
alignment of DSTs with minimum alignments up to 65536. By contrast,
`core::mem::align_of` does not support DSTs.

Makes progress on #29.

src/macro_util.rs

@@ -205,6 +205,26 @@ macro_rules! trailing_field_offset {
     }};
 }
 
+/// Computes alignment of `$ty`.
+///
+/// `align_of!` produces code which is valid in a `const` context.
+// TODO(#29), TODO(https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/69835): Remove this
+// `cfg` when `size_of_val_raw` is stabilized.
+#[cfg(__INTERNAL_USE_ONLY_NIGHLTY_FEATURES_IN_TESTS)]
+#[doc(hidden)] // `#[macro_export]` bypasses this module's `#[doc(hidden)]`.
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! align_of {
+    ($t:ty) => {{
+        #[repr(C)]
+        struct OffsetOfTrailingIsAlignment {
+            _byte: u8,
+            _trailing: $t,
+        }
+
+        trailing_field_offset!(OffsetOfTrailingIsAlignment, _trailing)
+    }};
+}
+
 /// Does the struct type `$t` have padding?
 ///
 /// `$ts` is the list of the type of every field in `$t`. `$t` must be a
@@ -524,6 +544,47 @@ mod tests {
         */
     }
 
+    // TODO(#29), TODO(https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/69835): Remove
+    // this `cfg` when `size_of_val_raw` is stabilized.
+    #[allow(clippy::decimal_literal_representation)]
+    #[cfg(__INTERNAL_USE_ONLY_NIGHLTY_FEATURES_IN_TESTS)]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_align_of_dst() {
+        // Test that `align_of!` correctly computes the alignment of DSTs.
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<1>]), Some(1));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<2>]), Some(2));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<4>]), Some(4));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<8>]), Some(8));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<16>]), Some(16));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<32>]), Some(32));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<64>]), Some(64));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<128>]), Some(128));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<256>]), Some(256));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<512>]), Some(512));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<1024>]), Some(1024));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<2048>]), Some(2048));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<4096>]), Some(4096));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<8192>]), Some(8192));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<16384>]), Some(16384));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<32768>]), Some(32768));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<65536>]), Some(65536));
+        /* Alignments above 65536 are not yet supported.
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<131072>]), Some(131072));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<262144>]), Some(262144));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<524288>]), Some(524288));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<1048576>]), Some(1048576));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<2097152>]), Some(2097152));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<4194304>]), Some(4194304));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<8388608>]), Some(8388608));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<16777216>]), Some(16777216));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<33554432>]), Some(33554432));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<67108864>]), Some(67108864));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<33554432>]), Some(33554432));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<134217728>]), Some(134217728));
+        assert_eq!(align_of!([elain::Align<268435456>]), Some(268435456));
+        */
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_struct_has_padding() {
         // Test that, for each provided repr, `struct_has_padding!` reports the