[Python-Dev] FormatError() in callproc.c under win32

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Jan 27 19:45:27 CET 2009


> Note: under CE, you can actually encounter datatype misalignments, since it 
> runs on CPUs that don't emulate them. I wonder if the same doesn't also apply 
> to win64....

I don't think you can get misalignment traps on AMD64. Not sure about
IA-64: I know that the processor will trap on misaligned accesses, but
the operating system might silently fix the access.

Regards,
Martin


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