[RFC] Implementing addressof for C++0x

[Peter Dimov]

> On 05/20/2010 01:55 PM, Paolo Carlini wrote:
>> It's uglier because the code above doesn't work for functions,
>>
> By the way, do you have a specific testcase in mind?
>
> Because addressof_fn_test.cpp, part of Boost, passes...

This is probably a g++/gcc extension... some compilers do not allow 
references to functions to be casted to char&, and I believe the standard 
doesn't permit that, either.