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-///\file
-
-/******************************************************************************
-The MIT License(MIT)
-
-Embedded Template Library.
-
-Copyright(c) 2014 jwellbelove
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files(the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and / or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions :
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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-
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-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
-******************************************************************************/
-
-#ifndef __ETL_ALIGNED_VARIABLE__
-#define __ETL_ALIGNED_VARIABLE__
-
-///\defgroup aligned_variable aligned_variable
-/// Creates a variable of the specified type at the specified alignment.
-/// \ingroup utilities
-
-namespace etl
-{
-  template <typename T, const size_t ALIGNMENT>
-  struct aligned_variable;
-
-#if defined(COMPILER_MICROSOFT)
-  /// Align 1
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 1>
-  {
-    __declspec(align(1)) T value;
-  };
-
-  /// Align 2
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 2>
-  {
-    __declspec(align(2)) T value;
-  };
-
-  /// Align 4
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 4>
-  {
-    __declspec(align(4)) T value;
-  };
-
-  /// Align 8
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 8>
-  {
-    __declspec(align(8)) T value;
-  };
-
-  /// Align 16
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 16>
-  {
-    __declspec(align(16)) T value;
-  };
-#endif
-
-#if defined(COMPILER_GCC)
-  /// Align 1
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 1>
-  {
-    T value __attribute__((aligned(1)));
-  };
-
-  /// Align 2
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 2>
-  {
-    T value __attribute__((aligned(2)));
-  };
-
-  /// Align 4
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 4>
-  {
-    T value __attribute__((aligned(4)));
-  };
-
-  /// Align 8
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 8>
-  {
-    T value __attribute__((aligned(8)));
-  };
-  
-  /// Align 16
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 16>
-  {
-    T value __attribute__((aligned(16)));
-  };
-#endif
-
-#if defined(COMPILER_KEIL_ARM)
-  /// Align 1
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 1>
-  {
-    __align(1) T value;
-  };
-
-  /// Align 2
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 2>
-  {
-    __align(2) T value;
-  };
-
-  /// Align 4
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 4>
-  {
-    __align(4) T value;
-};
-
-  /// Align 8
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 8>
-  {
-    __align(8) T value;
-  };
-
-  /// Align 16
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 16>
-  {
-    __align(16) T value;
-  };
-#endif
-
-#if defined (COMPILER_IAR_ARM)
-  /// Align 1
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 1>
-  {
-#pragma data_alignment=1
-    T value;
-  };
-
-  /// Align 2
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 2>
-  {
-#pragma data_alignment=2 
-    T value;
-  };
-
-  /// Align 4
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 4>
-  {
-#pragma data_alignment=4 
-    T value;
-  };
-
-  /// Align 8
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 8>
-  {
-#pragma data_alignment=8
-    T value;
-  };
-
-  /// Align 16
-  template <typename T>
-  struct aligned_variable<T, 16>
-  {
-#pragma data_alignment=16
-    T value;
-  };
-#endif
-}
-
-#endif
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