* and then SCM_API marks them for export. */
#define SCM_INTERNAL extern
+/* The SCM_ALIGNED macro, when defined, can be used to instruct the compiler
+ * to honor the given alignment constraint. */
+#if (defined __GNUC__)
+# define SCM_ALIGNED(x) __attribute__ ((aligned (x)))
+#elif (defined __INTEL_COMPILER)
+# define SCM_ALIGNED(x) __declspec (align (x))
+#else
+/* Don't know how to align things. */
+# undef SCM_ALIGNED
+#endif
\f
/* {Supported Options}