From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-18 12:56:56
AMDG
Phil Bouchard wrote:
>>> - I have changed the code for the following:
>>> ((T *)(alignment_of<detail::max_align>::value)->* q)
>>>
>>>
>> How is that better?
>>
>
> Well I anticipate certain compilers will report a warning or even an error
> when faced with a null pointer being dereferenced.
Which compilers? IMO, you shouldn't make the code even more obscure until
it's known for certain to be a problem.
> This address dissosiates
> the pointer from an undefined behavior and is aligned for all types.
>
5.5/4:
"If the dynamic type of the object does not contain the member to which
the pointer refers, the behavior is
undefined."
In Christ,
Steven Watanabe