+/// \macro LLVM_ALIGNAS
+/// \brief Used to specify a minimum alignment for a structure or variable. The
+/// alignment must be a constant integer. Use LLVM_PTR_SIZE to compute
+/// alignments in terms of the size of a pointer.
+///
+/// Note that __declspec(align) has special quirks, it's not legal to pass a
+/// structure with __declspec(align) as a formal parameter.
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+# define LLVM_ALIGNAS(x) __declspec(align(x))
+#elif __GNUC__ && !__has_feature(cxx_alignas) && !LLVM_GNUC_PREREQ(4, 8, 0)
+# define LLVM_ALIGNAS(x) __attribute__((aligned(x)))
+#else
+# define LLVM_ALIGNAS(x) alignas(x)
+#endif
+
+/// \macro LLVM_PACKED
+/// \brief Used to specify a packed structure.
+/// LLVM_PACKED(
+/// struct A {
+/// int i;
+/// int j;
+/// int k;
+/// long long l;
+/// });
+///
+/// LLVM_PACKED_START
+/// struct B {
+/// int i;
+/// int j;
+/// int k;
+/// long long l;
+/// };
+/// LLVM_PACKED_END
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+# define LLVM_PACKED(d) __pragma(pack(push, 1)) d __pragma(pack(pop))
+# define LLVM_PACKED_START __pragma(pack(push, 1))
+# define LLVM_PACKED_END __pragma(pack(pop))
+#else
+# define LLVM_PACKED(d) d __attribute__((packed))
+# define LLVM_PACKED_START _Pragma("pack(push, 1)")
+# define LLVM_PACKED_END _Pragma("pack(pop)")
+#endif
+
+/// \macro LLVM_PTR_SIZE
+/// \brief A constant integer equivalent to the value of sizeof(void*).
+/// Generally used in combination with LLVM_ALIGNAS or when doing computation in
+/// the preprocessor.
+#ifdef __SIZEOF_POINTER__
+# define LLVM_PTR_SIZE __SIZEOF_POINTER__
+#elif defined(_WIN64)
+# define LLVM_PTR_SIZE 8
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+# define LLVM_PTR_SIZE 4
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+# error "could not determine LLVM_PTR_SIZE as a constant int for MSVC"
+#else
+# define LLVM_PTR_SIZE sizeof(void *)
+#endif
+