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Consider comprehensive design approach for HLSL data alignment

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Description

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We have a feature proposal for an alignas attribute, and data alignment has also come up in the context of our ongoing work with HLSL and DXIL vectors.

We should track needing to have some longer-term plans around alignment of data in HLSL.

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Research direction

Start by reading the alignas attribute proposal in PR 154 and the ongoing HLSL and DXIL vectors work in PR 361. Use those discussions to identify the alignment cases that need a shared design; done means documenting an agreed longer-term plan for HLSL data alignment.

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Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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