Re: [boost] Formal Review: any

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-07 16:57:33

At 08:23 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.

The clarification I was trying to make is that it is padding per 3.9 para 
5, not padding supplied by the boost library.  Maybe "+ compiler-supplied 
padding (ISO 3.9/5)".

Anyhow, it is just a nit.  Anything you say is fine.

--Beman