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Re: Allowing access to object representations

From: Language Lawyer <language.lawyer_at_[hidden]>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 15:34:45 +0300
And multidimensional array of, say, `unsigned char` is its own object representation?
If so, this does not match the expectation that the object representation is contiguous.

On 18/08/2019 03:33, sdkrystian via Std-Proposals wrote:
> Yes, in which case it is its own object representation
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> Ah, so the object representation of an object of type T is a sequence of `unsigned char` objects unless T is (cv-qualified) `char` or `std::byte` (or array thereof)?
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> On 18/08/2019 03:24, sdkrystian via Std-Proposals wrote:
> > Same thing applies. I'll have to change [expr.add]/6 to make it work.
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> > Date: 8/17/19 20:21 (GMT-05:00)
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> > Subject: Re: [std-proposals] Allowing access to object representations
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> > And for an object `a` of type `char`?
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> > On 18/08/2019 03:18, sdkrystian via Std-Proposals wrote:
> > > The object representation of the object is itself... For an object `a` of type unsigned char, it's object representation is `a`
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> > > From: Language Lawyer via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden]>
> > > Date: 8/17/19 16:49 (GMT-05:00)
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> > > Subject: Re: [std-proposals] Allowing access to object representations
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> > > > The object representation of an object of type unsigned char, char, std::byte, or an array of such types (ignoring cv-qualification), is itself.
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> > > What does this cryptic "is itself" mean?
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