Support custom alignment in rawAlloc for refc GC#25478
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[WIP] Fix rawAlloc to support memory alignment
Support custom alignment in rawAlloc for refc GC
Feb 3, 2026
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Small chunks allocate memory in fixed-size cells positioned at exact multiples of cell size, preventing arbitrary alignment. This adds alignment support by forcing big chunk allocation for alignments > MemAlign.
Changes:
alignOffset: uint16toBigChunkto track alignment adjustment from data startrawAlloc/rawAlloc0withalignmentandoffsetparameters (defaults preserve existing behavior)applyAlignment()to compute aligned cell pointer: aligns(basePtr + offset)then backs up by offsetgc.nimto passtyp.base.alignwhen allocating ref objectsallObjects,deallocBigChunk,isAllocatedPtr,getCell, andgetObjSizesto account for alignOffsetExample:
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