Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #993: Variant should use least common multiple of alignments, rather than maximum

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #993: Variant should use least common multiple of alignments, rather than maximum
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-01 01:20:39

#993: Variant should use least common multiple of alignments, rather than maximum
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  Reporter:  ebf           |       Owner:  ebf     
      Type:  Bugs          |      Status:  assigned
 Milestone:  Boost 1.35.0  |   Component:  variant 
   Version:                |    Severity:  Problem 
Resolution:                |    Keywords:          
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Changes (by ebf):

  * milestone:  Boost 1.34.1 => Boost 1.35.0

Comment:

 '''Further comments''':

 This fix is not urgently needed: alignments under most (all?) compilers
 are a power-of-two, in which case the maximum of several alignments is
 always the least-common multiple.

 Thus moving this to 1.35 since a fix risks breaking some compilers.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/993#comment:2>
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