align_of in core::mem - Rust
Description: Returns the ABI-required minimum alignment of a type in bytes.

## align_of

# Function align_of

1.6.0 (const: 1.24.0) · Source

    pub const fn align_of<T>() -> usize

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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.

This is the alignment used for struct fields. It may be smaller than the preferred alignment.

## §Examples

    assert_eq!(4, align_of::<i32>());