Re: [boost] Another variant type (was: [peer review queue tardiness] [was Cleaning out the Boost review queue] Review Queue mem

Subject: Re: [boost] Another variant type (was: [peer review queue tardiness] [was Cleaning out the Boost review queue] Review Queue mem
From: Eric Niebler (eniebler_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-04-13 17:38:25

On 4/13/2015 1:48 PM, Larry Evans wrote:
> Thanks again, Eric.
> 
> However, the range-v3 variant get member function here:
> 
> https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3/blob/master/include/range/v3/utility/variant.hpp#L581
>
>  is not a constexpr function, so why isn't 
> std::aligned_union<Ts...> for the data storage and a bunch of
> placement news for construction, and reinterpret casts for the get
> member function  used instead of the recursive union, located
> here:
> 
> https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3/blob/master/include/range/v3/utility/variant.hpp#L91
>
>  ?

I've been busy.

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