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Defined in header <cstddef>
typedef /*implementation-defined*/ max_align_t;
 (since C++11)

std::max_align_t is a trivial standard-layout type whose alignment requirement is at least as strict (as large) as that of every scalar type.

[edit] Notes

Pointers returned by allocation functions such as std::malloc are suitably aligned for any object, which means they are aligned at least as strictly as std::max_align_t.

std::max_align_t is usually synonymous with the largest scalar type, which is long double on most platforms, and its alignment requirement is either 8 or 16.

[edit] Example

Run this code
#include <iostream>
#include <cstddef>
int main()
{
    std::cout << alignof(std::max_align_t) << '\n';
}

Possible output: 

16

[edit] See also

alignof operator(C++11) queries alignment requirements of a type[edit]
(C++11)
 obtains the type's alignment requirements
(class template) [edit]
(C++11)
 checks if a type is a scalar type
(class template) [edit]
C documentation for max_align_t
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