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 <branimirkaradzic@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2021 12:27:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added bx::addressOf.

---
 include/bx/bx.h          |  4 ++++
 include/bx/inline/bx.inl | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/bx/bx.h b/include/bx/bx.h
index ff6e8d9..36f40aa 100644
--- a/include/bx/bx.h
+++ b/include/bx/bx.h
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ namespace bx
 	template<class Ty>
 	constexpr bool isTriviallyCopyable();
 
+	/// Find the address of an object of a class that has an overloaded unary ampersand (&) operator.
+	template <class Ty>
+	Ty* addressOf(Ty& _a);
+
 	/// Swap two values.
 	template<typename Ty>
 	void swap(Ty& _a, Ty& _b);
diff --git a/include/bx/inline/bx.inl b/include/bx/inline/bx.inl
index 41b527b..fc527ec 100644
--- a/include/bx/inline/bx.inl
+++ b/include/bx/inline/bx.inl
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ namespace bx
 		return __is_trivially_copyable(Ty);
 	}
 
+	template<class Ty>
+	inline Ty* addressOf(Ty& _a)
+	{
+		return reinterpret_cast<Ty*>(
+				&const_cast<char&>(
+					reinterpret_cast<const volatile char&>(_a)
+				)
+			);
+	}
+
 	template<typename Ty>
 	inline void swap(Ty& _a, Ty& _b)
 	{