> The problem with disabling this optimisation is that it will produce garbage code for basically every architecture. I'm pretty sure this this is not true for

> The problem with disabling this optimisation is that it will produce garbage code for basically every architecture. I'm pretty sure this this is not true for modern x64, which is one of the most common desktop architectures: https://lemire.me/blog/2012/05/31/data-alignment-for-speed-myth-or-reality/ https://lemire.me/blog/2012/05/31/data-alignment-for-speed-m... Which current architectures are you thinking of? Do you have comparable benchmarks showing the slowdown?