Hi, >>> ... for reference, it would be something like this (in my >>> recollections, >>> it was even uglier ;) >>> >>> template<typename _Tp> >>> _Tp* >>> addressof(_Tp& __v) >>> { >>> return reinterpret_cast<_Tp*> >>> (&const_cast<char&>(reinterpret_cast<const volatile >>> char&>(__v))); >>> } > It's uglier because the code above doesn't work for functions, Ah, ok, it will be a little bigger then, I missed testing functions, thanks. I will post the complete patch, in case. > and because of compiler bugs. Luckily we don't need that. > Any kind of acknowledgment is fine with me, including none at all. > Whichever you prefer. :-) You are very kind, thanks. After all, we should still be below, say, 20 lines of code, thus, if you are ok with that, we are not going to need a Copyright assignment, etc.
Paolo.