Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1719: [addressof] Can't obtain the address of an instance of an anonymous struct

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1719: [addressof] Can't obtain the address of an instance of an anonymous struct
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-21 21:53:44

#1719: [addressof] Can't obtain the address of an instance of an anonymous struct
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  Reporter:  Jean-François Bastien <jfbastien_at_[hidden]>  |       Owner:  pdimov 
      Type:  Bugs                                       |      Status:  closed 
 Milestone:  Boost 1.36.0                               |   Component:  None   
   Version:  Boost 1.34.1                               |    Severity:  Problem
Resolution:  invalid                                    |    Keywords:         
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Changes (by pdimov):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid

Comment:

 This is not a bug. The C++ standard says that the unnamed type of noName
 cannot be used as a template argument. There is nothing that we can do to
 make addressof work with noName, except possibly making it a macro.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1719#comment:2>
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