Re: [boost] aligned_storage in unions

Subject: Re: [boost] aligned_storage in unions
From: Frank Mori Hess (frank.hess_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-17 11:32:27

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On Friday 17 September 2010, dherring_at_[hidden] wrote:
> The "standard" workaround is to allocate your own memory and use manual
> type casting.  Boost::aligned_storage can be used to maintain proper
> alignment, but it cannot be placed inside a union due to the default ctor,
> dtor, and noncopyable functions.  Thus I am forced to use part of
> boost::detail.

> Questions:
> - Is there a better way to do this?

What about using boost.variant instead?

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