Re: [boost] Formal Review: any

From: Kevlin Henney (kevlin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-07 14:02:57

In message <4.3.2.7.2.20001107131644.02301a80_at_[hidden]>, Beman
Dawes <beman_at_[hidden]> writes
>At 04:56 PM 11/7/2000 +0000, Kevlin Henney wrote:
>
> >>* What's the typical sizeof() of an object of class any?
> >
> >Interesting: Do we wish to be documenting at this level for Boost
> >classes in general?
>
>In general, no.  But class any is a bit of an odd-ball in that it is so 
>flexible with regard to types, and that raised the question in my mind.  I 
>found myself looking at the actual code.  That's why the issue was raised.

It's not too much of a burden on the documentation -- "sizeof(any) ==
sizeof(T *) + implementation-defined padding" :-> -- so I will include
it.

Kevlin
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