Std::to_address (3) Linux Manual Page

std::to_address – std::to_address

Synopsis

Defined in header<memory>

    template <class Ptr>
    (1)(since C++ 20)

        auto to_address(const Ptr &p) noexcept;

template <class T>
(2)(since C++ 20)

    constexpr T *to_address(T *p) noexcept;

Obtain the address represented by p without forming a reference to the pointee.
1) Fancy pointer overload: If the expression std::pointer_traits<Ptr>::to_address(p) is well-formed, returns the result of that expression. Otherwise, returns std::to_address(p.operator->()).
2) Raw pointer overload: If T is a function type, the program is ill-formed. Otherwise, returns p unmodified.

Parameters

p – fancy or raw pointer

Return value

Raw pointer that represents the same address as p does.

Possible implementation

template<class>
struct use_address : std::false_type { };

  template<class T>
      requires requires(const T& p) { std::pointer_traits<T>::to_address(p); }
  struct use_address<T> : std::true_type { };

  template<class T>
  constexpr T* to_address(T* p) noexcept
  {
      static_assert(!std::is_function_v<T>);
      return p;
  }

  template<class T>
  auto to_address(const T& p) noexcept
  {
      if constexpr (use_address<T>::value) {
          return std::pointer_traits<T>::to_address(p);
      } else {
          return std::to_address(p.operator->());
      }
  }

Notes

std::to_address can be used even when p does not reference storage that has an object constructed in it, in which case std::addressof(*p) cannot be used because there’s no valid object for the parameter of std::addressof to bind to.

Example

// Run this code

#include <memory>
template <class A>

auto allocator_new(A &a)

{
    auto p = a.allocate(1);
    try {
        std::allocator_traits<A>::construct(a, std::to_address(p));
    } catch (...) {
        a.deallocate(p, 1);
        throw;
    }
    return p;
}
template <class A>

void allocator_delete(A &a, typename std::allocator_traits<A>::pointer p)

{
    std::allocator_traits<A>::destroy(a, std::to_address(p));
    a.deallocate(p, 1);
}
int main()

{
    std::allocator<int> a;
    auto p = allocator_new(a);
    allocator_delete(a, p);
}

std::to_address (3) Linux Manual Page