This is a implementation of N4562 std::experimental::any (merged into C++17) for C++11 compilers.

It contains a small object optimization for objects with a size of up to 2 words (such as int, float and std::shared_ptr). Storing those objects in the container will not trigger a dynamic allocation.

For a easy to understand documentation, see cppreference, except our namespace is linb.

Defines

You may additionally define the following preprocessor symbols (making the implementation non-standard):

• ANY_IMPL_ANY_CAST_MOVEABLE: This implements a fix proposed in LWG Defect 2509. This will cause the expressions T x = any_cast<T>(any(T())) and T x = any_cast<T&&>(any(T()))to perform a move into x instead of a copy.
• ANY_IMPL_FAST_TYPE_INFO_COMPARE: When checking if two typeid are the same, performs just a pointer comparision instead of the actual type_info::operator== comparision. Be aware this isn't recommended unless you know what you're doing.