From 73ec484ac3b18b3c05f8acb612d408dcf249df4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20Kl=C3=B6ckner?= <inform@tiker.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:06:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update docs for ArrayBase.alignment
---
loopy/kernel/array.py | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/loopy/kernel/array.py b/loopy/kernel/array.py
index f86c3f9a3..b672f0227 100644
--- a/loopy/kernel/array.py
+++ b/loopy/kernel/array.py
@@ -610,11 +610,17 @@ class ArrayBase(ImmutableRecord):
.. attribute:: alignment
- Memory alignment of the array in bytes.
- Default to *None*. If an integer N is given, the array would be declared
+ Memory alignment of the array in bytes. For temporary arrays,
+ this ensures they are allocated with this alignment. For arguments,
+ this entails a promise that the incoming array obeys this alignment
+ restriction.
+
+ Defaults to *None*.
+
+ If an integer N is given, the array would be declared
with ``__attribute__((aligned(N)))`` in code generation for
:class:`loopy.CTarget`.
-
+
.. versionadded:: 2018.1
.. automethod:: __init__
--
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