-doc

diff --git a/src/include/gnunet_common.h b/src/include/gnunet_common.h
index e57f8663cb7ddc5dfa5744fd0e8d53fc884d53e3..1fbd1a88eb3935adf1176168980cb1df6770b8c6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/include/gnunet_common.h
+++ b/src/include/gnunet_common.h
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@
 #endif
 
 /**
- * gcc-ism to force alignment
+ * gcc-ism to force alignment; we use this to align char-arrays
+ * that may then be cast to 'struct's.  See also gcc
+ * bug #33594.
  */
 #define GNUNET_ALIGN __attribute__((aligned (__BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT__)))