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Spell out when arrays have zero size #162

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Expand Up @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ The _stride_ of the array is constant for all element pairs and it is computed
as the _size_ of the element type rounded up to the next multiple of the
_alignment_ of the element type.

### Arrays of zero-size

Arrays `[T; N]` have zero size if their count `N` is zero, or their element `T`
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has zero-size.

### Special case `stride == size`

When the element _size_ is a multiple of the element's _alignment_, then `stride
Expand All @@ -42,6 +47,7 @@ pointer to the first element of the array by `i`[^1].

[layout of structs and tuples]: ./structs-and-tuples.md


### Layout compatibility with packed SIMD vectors

The [layout of packed SIMD vector types][Vector] [^2] requires the _size_ and
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