RE: [boost] Re: unions

From: Brock Peabody (brock.peabody_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-08 19:49:03

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]]
> On Behalf Of Eric Friedman

[...]

> So maybe (?) the answer is that we should allow singular variants. Such
> a change would reflect a fundamental change to variant's semantics
> though, so I believe we should very carefully consider the outcome of
> such a decision.

I don't think it's worth it just to get rid of the backup heap.  If we allow
them to be singular you'll have to add extra code to check for that state
everywhere you use a variant, if you're paranoid like I am.

Brock