Re: [boost]Re: Re: [serialization] non-conformance incollection_load_imp.hpp

From: JOAQUIN LOPEZ MU?Z (joaquin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-07 16:48:30

----- Mensaje original -----
De: Aleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy_at_[hidden]>
Fecha: Sábado, Marzo 6, 2004 8:17 pm
Asunto: Re: [boost]Re: Re: [serialization] non-conformance incollection_load_imp.hpp

> Robert Ramey wrote:
> > This exchange illustrates the problem rather nicely.  Its not 
> clear 
> > to me from the name "aligned_storage" that its meant to do the 
> same 
> > job as "stack_allocate" and in fact is easily confused with 
> other 
> > boost functions. I've been able to find no documentation nor 
> test 
> > nor other information. The only place its used is in variant.hpp but
> > its not mentioned in the documentation of that either.  There is 
> no 
> > statement in the header itself as to what it does and the code 
> is 
> > sufficiently non-trivial that it's not obvious what its supposed 
> to 
> > do.  The fact that it has a parameter than stack_allocate 
> doesn't 
> > need also suggests that it's intended purpose is different from 
> that 
> > of stack_allocate.
> 
> It doesn't, see aligned_storage's "Rationale" subsection in 
> http://tinyurl.com/39asx.
> 

I don't quite get what you mean. So, does
boost::aligned_storage serve as a replacement for
stack_allocate?

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo