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[any.general]
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# 22 General utilities library [[utilities]](./#utilities)
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## 22.7 Storage for any type [[any]](any#general)
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### 22.7.1 General [any.general]
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[1](#1)
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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/utilities.tex#L7020)
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Subclause [[any]](any "22.7 Storage for any type") describes components that C++ programs may use to perform operations on objects of a discriminated type[.](#1.sentence-1)
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[2](#2)
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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/utilities.tex#L7023)
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[*Note [1](#note-1)*:
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The discriminated type can contain values of different types but does not attempt conversion between them,
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i.e., 5 is held strictly as an int and is not implicitly convertible either to "5" or to 5.0[.](#2.sentence-1)
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This indifference to interpretation but awareness of type effectively allows safe, generic containers of single values, with no scope for surprises from ambiguous conversions[.](#2.sentence-2)
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â *end note*]
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