Re: [boost] Mini-review request: aligned_storage.hpp

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-07 10:59:46

On Wednesday 07 August 2002 10:58 am, Fernando Cacciola wrote:
> I'm not sure if the interface which takes two integers is good, though; It
> does have potential for greater flexibility, but it is also significantly
> more obscure for the user (IMHO).
> In all the examples of this sort of utility that I've seen, 'size_' is
> always 'sizeof(T)' and 'alignment_' is always
> 'boost::alignment_of<T>::value'; so, unless a concrete example pops up, I
> prefer to parametrize aligned_storage in terms of T + Count (for arrays) +
> a tag struct indicating minimum (default) or maximum alignment.

Variant will have `size_` = the maximum size of any type in the variant and 
`align_' = the LCM of all types in the variant. 

        Doug