Re: [boost] [bug] typo in type_with_alignment.hpp

From: Paul Giaccone (paulg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-20 06:03:49

John Maddock wrote:

>>template<std::size_t TAlign, std::size_t Align>
>>struct is_aligned
>>{
>>  BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool,
>>      value = (TAlign >= Align) & (TAlign % Align == 0)
>>                               ^^^ <<---- here!
>>      );
>>};
>>
>>Should it be "&&" instead of "&"?
>>    
>>
>
>Logically yes: however when you think about it, it actually makes no 
>practical difference, and I believe it was done that way deliberately as a 
>workaround for certain broken compilers that choke on logical expressions 
>"&&" inside integral constant expressions.  So for now I'm going to leave it 
>alone.
>  
>

Perhaps a comment to this effect could be added to the code to show that 
it is intentional and not an error or oversight.

Paul