__unaligned before and after the * (64bit)

Hi All,
I'm not sure I understand the difference between placing the
__unaligned before or after the *:
I was trying to handle the C4366 warning - "The result of the unary
'&' operator may be unaligned") and used the '__unaligned' modifier as
suggested,
but ended up with C4090 - "different '__unaligned' qualifiers". (See
below)
However, moving the __unaligned keyword after the ' * '
solved the warning but I'm not sure I solved the probelm.


with no __unaligned keyword --Warning C4366
`````````````````````````````````````````````````` `````````````````````
void List_Clear(List *pList) ;
:
List * pSubscribersList = NULL;

pSubscribersList = (List *)&(p->subscribersList); //C4366: The result
of the unary '&' operator may be unaligned
List_Clear(pSubscribersList);




__unaligned before the * --warning C4090
`````````````````````````````````````````````````` `````````````
void List_Clear(List *pList) ;
:
List __unaligned * pSubscribersList = NULL;

pSubscribersList = (List __unaligned *)&(p->subscribersList);
List_Clear(pSubscribersList); //warning C4090: 'function' : different
'__unaligned' qualifiers


__unaligned after the * --no warnings
`````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````
void List_Clear(List *pList) ;
:
List * __unaligned pSubscribersList = NULL;

pSubscribersList = (List * __unaligned)&(p->subscribersList);
List_Clear(pSubscribersList); // OK - no warning



Can anyone explain what's the difference between the last two
examples?
I'm using VS2005 compiling to 64 bit.
Thanks!

re: __unaligned before and after the * (64bit)

On 19 Mar, 08:53, Udi <UdiBenSen...@gmail.comwrote:
<snip>
__unaligned isn't part of standard C. You needd to ask ona compler
specific news group. Try I Microsoft related ng.


--
Nick Keighley

re: __unaligned before and after the * (64bit)

Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.comwrites:Better yet, re-write the code to avoid the need to use __unaligned.
The original poster appears to be writing code for a linked list.
There's no need to use any implementation-specific extensions for such
a relatively straightforward task.

Apparently the compiler's warning "The result of the unary '&'
operator may be unaligned" included a suggestion to use __unaligned.
I strongly suspect that suggestion was a poor one.

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) <kst-u@mib.org>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

re: __unaligned before and after the * (64bit)

Udi wrote:I guess, it works like 'const', which applies to the left unless it is at
the leftmost side, then it applies to the right. However, it is, as others
pointed out, non-standard, so you have to consult the compiler docs.
I don't think so...
Well, the first problem here is that you are using casts, which is typically
a sign that something's wrong. Remove those, and you won't need any
unaligned attributes. If it doesn't compile then, your types simply don't
match, but adding them doesn't change that. If you can't do it yourself or
want to verify the solution is correct, please boil your problem down to a
minimal but complete example, in particular guessing
what 'p->subscribersList' could be is pretty hart.

Uli