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PLI, /ALIGN[=option]

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     /NOALIGN (D)

  Controls alignment  of  data  within  structures  and  aligned  bit
  strings.  If you specify /ALIGN on a VAX system, data is aligned on
  the natural byte boundary of  the  specified  data  type.   If  you
  specify  /NOALIGN,  the  default,  data  is  aligned  on  the  next
  available byte boundary.

  (OpenVMS AXP only)

     /[NO]ALIGN[=(PACKED|NATURAL)]

  If you specify /ALIGN=NATURAL, data is aligned on the natural  byte
  boundary of the specified data type.  If you specify /ALIGN=PACKED,
  data is aligned on the next available byte  boundary.   On  OpenVMS
  AXP,  /ALIGN=PACKED forces data to be aligned on the next available
  byte boundary.  Data structures will be aligned in the same  manner
  as  on  a  OpenVMS  VAX  System.   Requesting  /DATA=VAX will cause
  /ALIGN=PACKED to be selected.  Specifying /ALIGN with no option  is
  equivalent to specifying /ALIGN=NATURAL.
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