From 430443120993509719 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc772,10e355266b6fd117 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc772,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,10e355266b6fd117 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-01 18:22:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!paloalto-snh1.gtei.net!denver-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!namche.sun.com!sunnews1.Eng.Sun.COM!engnews1.eng.sun.com!taumet!clamage From: gneppert@web.de (McNepp) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++,comp.lang.c++.moderated Subject: Re: A humble attempt to suggest alignment support for C++ Date: 2 Jun 2002 01:12:32 GMT Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 40 Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) Message-ID: <53e3f3b2.0205302330.67a3eeb5@posting.google.com> References: <3CEA1A08.C6D95CC7@lmf.ericsson.se> <53e3f3b2.0205270557.bdd703d@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: taumet.eng.sun.com X-NNTP-Posting-Host: netlab.cs.rpi.edu X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.lang.c++.moderated iQBVAwUAPPhHAkHMCo9UcraBAQFwVwH/Qb82Af0c3X9tWn+4+hcRj+RODpwhqo/K SlfEPBjok5zFy7mcdxyKYQ7WGCZrE/crS2QsPNEWuMCAtoBmiIIvHA== =6ZSU X-Approved-For-Group: jep@[151.161.11.6] comp.lang.c++.moderated X-Original-Date: 1 Jun 2002 00:01:10 -0400 X-Submission-Address: c++-submit@netlab.cs.rpi.edu X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.lang.c++.moderated iQBVAwUAPPlYGkHMCo9UcraBAQHgXAH+P3Oo+Qnq1D8MPTlXyK5GSUI+a8V0DDrY u6EyVqLeRygFAIaVDTqd7Gw0mUVebzeDj6YShD/d5ooPf190UKPptw== =Lktd X-Approved-For-Group: kuehl@fmi.uni-konstanz.de comp.lang.c++.moderated X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.3 (www dot roaringpenguin dot com slash mimedefang) Content-Length: 1582 Originator: clamage@taumet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:11774 comp.lang.c++.moderated:44382 "David Abrahams" wrote in message news:... > "McNepp" wrote in message > news:53e3f3b2.0205270557.bdd703d@posting.google.com... > > What about allowing this syntax: > > > > void buffer[ count * sizeof(T) ]; > > > > This generic buffer can be safely cast (with one simple static_cast) > > to any type T. No new keywords needed, simple and self-explanatory, > > isn't it? > > ...but very wasteful in generic code where T might turn out to be char. > Sure, it may waste a few bytes, but it is supposed to be a simple, fast, stack-based replacement for dynamic memory allocation on the heap. This purpose it would serve well enough, and why bother about a few wasted bytes if the alternative was highly expensive (and, BTW, wasteful, too) malloc/operator new calls? [ Send an empty e-mail to c++-help@netlab.cs.rpi.edu for info ] [ about comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: do this! ] [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ] [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]