align_of in core::intrinsics - Rust
Description: The minimum alignment of a type.

## align_of

# Function align_of

Source

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

🔬This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`core_intrinsics`)
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The minimum alignment of a type.

Note that, unlike most intrinsics, this is safe to call; it does not require an `unsafe` block. Therefore, implementations must not require the user to uphold any safety invariants.

Note that, unlike most intrinsics, this can only be called at compile-time as backends do not have an implementation for it. The only caller (its stable counterpart) wraps this intrinsic call in a `const` block so that backends only see an evaluated constant.

The stabilized version of this intrinsic is `core::mem::align_of`.