align

align<TAlign, TData>(alignment, data): Decorate<TData, Align<TAlign>>

Defined in: packages/typegpu/src/data/attributes.ts:165

Gives the wrapped data-type a custom byte alignment. Useful in order to fulfill uniform alignment requirements.

Type Parameters

TAlign

TAlign extends number

TData

TData extends AnyData

Parameters

alignment

TAlign

The multiple of bytes this data should align itself to.

data

TData

The data-type to align.

Returns

Decorate<TData, Align<TAlign>>

Example

const Data = d.struct({
  a: u32, // takes up 4 bytes
  // 12 bytes of padding, because `b` is custom aligned to multiples of 16 bytes
  b: d.align(16, u32),
});