Re: [boost] is_reference current implamentation (why so complex?)

Dmitry Sychov wrote:

Is it just because on some platforms sizeof(char) != 1 ? If yes we can change 'char' to object with size >= sizeof(T&) to avoid this.

There's no such platform that conforms to the C/C++ standards. sizeof(char) is defined to be 1, and all other types are measured in terms of this. The actual size of a char is given by CHAR_BITS. Sebastian Redl