> For example on a system where CHAR_BIT==8 but the smallest addressable
unit of memory is 16 bits

That's not possible https://eel.is/c++draft/basic.memobj#intro.memory-1

On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM Frederick Virchanza Gotham via
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> On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM Sebastian Wittmeier wrote:
> >
> > You say:
> >
> > > but yet it can create a Frog* or a Monkey*
> >
> > Are you talking about p and p2?
>
>
> Yes.
>
>
> > Then it is about the pointers itself, not the objects they point to.
>
>
> Yes I'm talking about pointers.
>
>
> > Or are you mostly referring to how many bits pointers need and how they
> are stored?
> > What difference would it make and when?
>
>
> Yes I'm talking about how many bits is needed for the pointer. For
> example on a system where CHAR_BIT==8 but the smallest addressable
> unit of memory is 16 bits. On such a system, a "char*" would need to
> have more bits than an "int*". (I talk about this in the original
> post: https://lists.isocpp.org/std-proposals/2024/05/9773.php )
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