nikhilmetrani · August 12, 2019 16:45 · nikhilmetrani · Aug 12, 2019
diff --git a/alignment.cpp b/alignment.cpp
 #include <cstdint>

 uint32_t fun(char *c1) {
    // if c1 is pointing to memory address 1004, it is aligned access
    // if its pointing to 1005, it us unalighed access
    // return *c1; // some systems do this
    // return c1[0] | c1[1] << 8; // some do this (worst than before)
    return  *((uint32_t*) c1); // This is the performance improvement, does not work on web assembly
 }
	#include <cstdint>

	uint32_t fun(char *c1) {
	// if c1 is pointing to memory address 1004, it is aligned access
	// if its pointing to 1005, it us unalighed access
	// return *c1; // some systems do this
	// return c1[0] \| c1[1] << 8; // some do this (worst than before)
	return ((uint32_t) c1); // This is the performance improvement, does not work on web assembly
	}