alignment.hh

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#ifndef DUNE_ALIGNMENT_HH
#define DUNE_ALIGNMENT_HH

#include <type_traits>

namespace Dune
{

  /** @addtogroup Common
   *
   * @{
   */
  /**
   * @file
   * @brief This file implements a template class to determine alignment
   * requirements of types at compile time.
   * @author Markus Blatt
   */

  /**
   * @brief Calculates the alignment requirement of a type.
   *
   * @see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_structure_alignment
   *
   * This will be a safe value and not an optimal one.
   * If TR1 is available it falls back to std::alignment_of.
   */
  template <class T>
  struct AlignmentOf
  {

    enum
    {
      /** @brief The alignment requirement. */
      value = std::alignment_of<T>::value
    };
  };

  /** @} */
}
#endif