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diff --git a/numpy/core/check_longdouble.c b/numpy/core/check_longdouble.c
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+/* "before" is 16 bytes to ensure there's no padding between it and "x".
+ *    We're not expecting any "long double" bigger than 16 bytes or with
+ *       alignment requirements stricter than 16 bytes.  */
+typedef long double test_type;
+
+struct {
+        char         before[16];
+        test_type    x;
+        char         after[8];
+} foo = {
+        { '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0',
+          '\001', '\043', '\105', '\147', '\211', '\253', '\315', '\357' },
+        -123456789.0,
+        { '\376', '\334', '\272', '\230', '\166', '\124', '\062', '\020' }
+};