[Bug libstdc++/19495] basic_string::_M_rep() can produce an unnaturally aligned pointer to _Rep

[bje at au1 dot ibm dot com]

------- Additional Comments From bje at au1 dot ibm dot com  2005-01-19 06:05 -------
Subject: Re:  basic_string::_M_rep() can produce an unnaturally aligned pointer to _Rep

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 09:45:48AM -0000, pcarlini at suse dot de wrote:

> In other terms, as far as this PR is concerned, basic_string seems
> ok, just you cannot create a basic_string<char> object in memory
> aligned one, as happens in ext/array_allocator/2.cc, which therefore
> should be fixed.

Does this behaviour seem a little bit unusual to you?  You said: "You
cannot create a basic_string<char> object in memory aligned one".
That is rather counter-intuitive to a user of libstdc++ who has no
understanding of the implementation details of basic_string.

Ben


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19495