belong to the caller not the callee (for example,
<tt><a href="#readonly">readonly</a></tt> functions should not write to
<tt>byval</tt> parameters). This is not a valid attribute for return
- values. </dd>
+ values. The byval attribute also supports specifying an alignment with the
+ align attribute. This has a target-specific effect on the code generator
+ that usually indicates a desired alignment for the synthesized stack
+ slot.</dd>
<dt><tt>sret</tt></dt>
<dd>This indicates that the pointer parameter specifies the address of a