Hi, > 3. From my experience with gcc on powerpc, gcc handles > large unaligned load/stores correctly by splitting > them (sometimes unnecessary), but the code remains > correct and in working order.
Just as a counter example, on SUN, unaligned load stores just crash. Reliably and every time, no matter what compiler you use. Just try compiling and running somthing like int f(){char a[5]; return htonl((int*)(a+1));} on such a machine if you don't believe it. Regards, Stefan ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List openssl-dev@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]