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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/std/mem.zig')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/std/mem.zig | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/std/mem.zig b/lib/std/mem.zig index 5f23a10401..581fb16e6c 100644 --- a/lib/std/mem.zig +++ b/lib/std/mem.zig @@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ pub const page_size = switch (builtin.arch) { else => 4 * 1024, }; +/// The standard library currently thoroughly depends on byte size +/// being 8 bits. (see the use of u8 throughout allocation code as +/// the "byte" type.) Code which depends on this can reference this +/// declaration. If we ever try to port the standard library to a +/// non-8-bit-byte platform, this will allow us to search for things +/// which need to be updated. +pub const byte_size_in_bits = 8; + pub const Allocator = @import("mem/Allocator.zig"); /// Detects and asserts if the std.mem.Allocator interface is violated by the caller |