[boost] Re: [addressof] patch for Borland

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-14 14:28:47

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Eric Niebler wrote:
> 
>>> +// Borland doesn't like casting an array reference to a char
>>> reference +// but thes overloads work around the problem.
>>> +# if BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x564))
>>> +template<typename T,std::size_t N>
>>> +T (*addressof(T (&t)[N]))[N]
>>> +{
>>> +   return reinterpret_cast<T(*)[N]>(&t);
>>> +}
> 
> 
> Why are you reinterpret_casting &t to itself? Is this a Borland problem 
> as well?

Russell added the reinterpret_casts to my patch. Russell, can you comment?

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