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core: document that the align_of* functions return the alignment in bytes #95618

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13 changes: 8 additions & 5 deletions library/core/src/mem/mod.rs
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Expand Up @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ pub const unsafe fn size_of_val_raw<T: ?Sized>(val: *const T) -> usize {
unsafe { intrinsics::size_of_val(val) }
}

/// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of a type.
/// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of a type in bytes.
///
/// Every reference to a value of the type `T` must be a multiple of this number.
///
Expand All @@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ pub fn min_align_of<T>() -> usize {
intrinsics::min_align_of::<T>()
}

/// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of the type of the value that `val` points to.
/// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of the type of the value that `val` points to in
/// bytes.
///
/// Every reference to a value of the type `T` must be a multiple of this number.
///
Expand All @@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ pub fn min_align_of_val<T: ?Sized>(val: &T) -> usize {
unsafe { intrinsics::min_align_of_val(val) }
}

/// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of a type.
/// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of a type in bytes.
///
/// Every reference to a value of the type `T` must be a multiple of this number.
///
Expand All @@ -454,7 +455,8 @@ pub const fn align_of<T>() -> usize {
intrinsics::min_align_of::<T>()
}

/// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of the type of the value that `val` points to.
/// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of the type of the value that `val` points to in
/// bytes.
///
/// Every reference to a value of the type `T` must be a multiple of this number.
///
Expand All @@ -477,7 +479,8 @@ pub const fn align_of_val<T: ?Sized>(val: &T) -> usize {
unsafe { intrinsics::min_align_of_val(val) }
}

/// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of the type of the value that `val` points to.
/// Returns the [ABI]-required minimum alignment of the type of the value that `val` points to in
/// bytes.
///
/// Every reference to a value of the type `T` must be a multiple of this number.
///
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