----Original Message---- From: christopher diggins [mailto:cdiggins@videotron.ca] Sent: 10 August 2005 06:30 To: Boost mailing list Subject: [boost] alignment problem in proposed any alternative

The question I have is whether in practice though are there are any compilers which have stricter alignment requirements on small types (<= sizeof(void*)) than a void pointer.

I don't know of any such compilers, but I /can/ conceive of such. A (16-bit) word addressed machine where sizeof(int*) is 4 but sizeof(void*) is 6 might have the required alignment of int be 4, but the required alignment of void* only be 2 :-( On the other hand, it might be acceptable to say "boost::any" is not supported on such machines. -- Martin Bonner Martin.Bonner@Pitechnology.com Pi Technology, Milton Hall, Ely Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4 6WZ, ENGLAND Tel: +44 (0)1223 441434