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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:59:53 +0000, Peter Dimov wrote:

 
> TR1 includes aligned_storage<Len, Align>.

OK, thanks.

 You can use
> aligned_storage<sizeof(T), alignment_of<T>::value>::type to obtain a
> storage type for T. It can be implemented using Boost's type traits as
> follows:
> 
> template<size_t L, size_t A> struct aligned_storage
> {
>    union type
>    {
>       unsigned char data_[ L ];
>       typename boost::type_with_alignment<A>::type align_;
>    };
> };

Gak! That boost stuff is pretty tricky :)

OK, I think that might work. Thanks.

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