Primary template optional<> does not handle references

include/boost/optional/detail/optional_aligned_storage.hpp

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+// Copyright (C) 2003, 2008 Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal.
+// Copyright (C) 2016 Andrzej Krzemienski.
+//
+// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
+// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+// See http://www.boost.org/libs/optional for documentation.
+//
+// You are welcome to contact the author at:
+//  fernando_cacciola@hotmail.com
+//  akrzemi1@gmail.com
+
+#ifndef BOOST_OPTIONAL_OPTIONAL_DETAIL_OPTIONAL_ALIGNED_STORAGE_AJK_12FEB2016_HPP
+#define BOOST_OPTIONAL_OPTIONAL_DETAIL_OPTIONAL_ALIGNED_STORAGE_AJK_12FEB2016_HPP
+
+namespace boost {
+
+namespace optional_detail {
+// This local class is used instead of that in "aligned_storage.hpp"
+// because I've found the 'official' class to ICE BCB5.5
+// when some types are used with optional<>
+// (due to sizeof() passed down as a non-type template parameter)
+template <class T>
+class aligned_storage
+{
+    // Borland ICEs if unnamed unions are used for this!
+    union
+    // This works around GCC warnings about breaking strict aliasing rules when casting storage address to T*
+#if defined(BOOST_OPTIONAL_DETAIL_USE_ATTRIBUTE_MAY_ALIAS)
+    __attribute__((__may_alias__))
+#endif
+    dummy_u
+    {
+        char data[ sizeof(T) ];
+        BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME type_with_alignment<
+          ::boost::alignment_of<T>::value >::type aligner_;
+    } dummy_ ;
+
+  public:
+
+#if defined(BOOST_OPTIONAL_DETAIL_USE_ATTRIBUTE_MAY_ALIAS)
+    void const* address() const { return &dummy_; }
+    void      * address()       { return &dummy_; }
+#else
+    void const* address() const { return dummy_.data; }
+    void      * address()       { return dummy_.data; }
+#endif
+} ;
+
+} // namespace optional_detail
+} // namespace boost
+
+#endif // header guard