The first element of an array of scalars is aligned to the: size of an array element size of a pointer to an element size of a word size of the memory bus
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This means that the memory address of the first element in the array is a multiple of the size of the array element. The size of a pointer to an element is typically the same as the size of the array element itself. So, if the array element is a scalar of size 4 Show more…
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