Re: [boost] Formal Review: any

From: Kevlin Henney (kevlin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-07 15:23:15

In message <4.3.2.7.2.20001107150117.022a1a08_at_[hidden]>, Beman
Dawes <beman_at_[hidden]> writes
>At 07:02 PM 11/7/2000 +0000, Kevlin Henney wrote:
>
> >It's not too much of a burden on the documentation -- "sizeof(any) ==
> >sizeof(T *) + implementation-defined padding" :-> -- so I will include
> >it.
>
>Should that be "+ any implementation-supplied padding"?
>
>(The distinction is one of standardese: "implementation-defined" stuff must 
>be documented, while "implementation-supplied" doesn't have to be 
>documented.)

I was going by 3.9 para 5, which outlines alignment requirements on
types as implementation defined.

Kevlin
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