_BitInt: Update alignment of _BitInt(N) for N > 64

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H.J. Lu

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Oct 25, 2022, 5:05:32 PM10/25/22

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Hi,

For N > 64, _BitInt(N) is aligned to 64 bits. I'd like to change

_BitInt(N) types are byte-aligned to the next greatest power-of-2 up to 64 bits.

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_BitInt(N) types are byte-aligned to 64 bits. See:

https://gitlab.com/x86-psABIs/x86-64-ABI/-/merge_requests/38

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Carlos O'Donell

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Oct 26, 2022, 4:28:43 PM10/26/22

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Responded in the MR. Mostly I'm curious about the "Why?"

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Carlos.

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