7 Expressions [expr]

7.6 Compound expressions [expr.compound]

7.6.2 Unary expressions [expr.unary]

7.6.2.5 Alignof [expr.alignof]

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An alignof expression yields the alignment requirement of its operand type.
The operand shall be a type-id representing a complete object type, or an array thereof, or a reference to one of those types.
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The result is a prvalue of type std​::​size_­t.
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An alignof expression is an integral constant expression ([expr.const]).
The type std​::​size_­t is defined in the standard header <cstddef> ([cstddef.syn], [support.types.layout]).
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When alignof is applied to a reference type, the result is the alignment of the referenced type.
When alignof is applied to an array type, the result is the alignment of the element type.