Re: [boost] [function] Placement new warnings from gcc 6

Subject: Re: [boost] [function] Placement new warnings from gcc 6
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-01 12:20:54

AMDG

On 04/01/2016 02:11 AM, Andrey Semashev wrote:
> 
> In my tests on gcc 6 I'm seeing these warnings which stem from
> Boost.Function:
> 
> ../boost/function/function_template.hpp:572:11: warning: placement new
> constructing an object of type
> '<snip>'
> and size '8' in a region of type 'char' and size '1' [-Wplacement-new=]
> 
> I'm not familiar with boost::function internals, but the warning looks
> serious enough to do something about it. I.e. if it's actually benign,
> it would be nice to silence it to avoid causing panic.
> 

  The 'char' in question is the first element
of an array of sufficient size.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe