From: leigh@i42.co.uk   
      
   On 10/07/2012 14:26, evansl wrote:   
   > On Monday, July 9, 2012 6:02:40 PM UTC-5, Jimmy H. wrote:   
   >   
   >> So I wrote a collection class that like std::array, it stores its   
   >> elements as values in the objects without using indirection, but   
   >> also allows less than the entire allocation to be used. I'm sure   
   >> I've made C ++ newbie errors writing this, so could someone help me   
   >> find them?   
   >>   
   > [snip]   
   >>   
   >> template<class T, size_t N>   
   >> class PreallocatedArray {   
   >>     char memory[sizeof(T) * N];   
   >>     size_t valid_size;   
   >>   
   > [snip]   
   > This memory buffer only has an alignment of 1 (for char).   
   > Shouldn't the alignment be at least as stringent   
   > as that for T?   
      
   Yes it should.  Check out my vecarray container which does something   
   similar but with correct alignment.   
      
   http://i42.co.uk/stuff/vecarray.htm   
      
   /Leigh   
      
      
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