From f541d1ac4d74d7fa2af4534d8d4fa4e8addd103b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Dimov <pdimov@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 21:21:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Return the address of the char[] array from
 aligned_storage::address

---
 include/boost/type_traits/aligned_storage.hpp | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/boost/type_traits/aligned_storage.hpp b/include/boost/type_traits/aligned_storage.hpp
index 8ad00a2..d8e26aa 100644
--- a/include/boost/type_traits/aligned_storage.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/type_traits/aligned_storage.hpp
@@ -42,21 +42,20 @@ struct aligned_storage_imp
 {
     union data_t
     {
-        char buf[size_];
-
+        unsigned char buf[size_];
         typename ::boost::type_with_alignment<alignment_>::type align_;
     } data_;
-    void* address() const { return const_cast<aligned_storage_imp*>(this); }
+    void* address() const { return const_cast<unsigned char*>(data_.buf); }
 };
 template <std::size_t size>
 struct aligned_storage_imp<size, std::size_t(-1)>
 {
    union data_t
    {
-      char buf[size];
+      unsigned char buf[size];
       ::boost::detail::max_align align_;
    } data_;
-   void* address() const { return const_cast<aligned_storage_imp*>(this); }
+   void* address() const { return const_cast<unsigned char*>(data_.buf); }
 };
 
 template< std::size_t alignment_ >