From 68f04870bf40009a4492f7630a5268a1edcd1dac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Conybeare <rconybeare@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:57:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] xo-alloc2: abox: fix for non-anonymous abox instances

---
 include/xo/alloc2/abox.hpp | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/xo/alloc2/abox.hpp b/include/xo/alloc2/abox.hpp
index 1e032b0..c104e3d 100644
--- a/include/xo/alloc2/abox.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/alloc2/abox.hpp
@@ -92,10 +92,18 @@ namespace xo {
             // --------------------------------
 
             /** explicit conversion to obj<AFacet,DRepr> **/
-            obj<AFacet, DRepr> to_op() const noexcept {
+            obj<AFacet, DRepr> to_op() const noexcept
+            requires std::is_same_v<DRepr, xo::facet::DVariantPlaceholder>
+            {
                 return obj<AFacet, DRepr>(this->iface(), this->data());
             }
 
+            obj<AFacet, DRepr> to_op() const noexcept
+            requires (!std::is_same_v<DRepr, xo::facet::DVariantPlaceholder>)
+            {
+                return obj<AFacet, DRepr>(this->data());
+            }
+
             /** Take ownership from unowned object **/
             template <typename DOther>
             abox & adopt(const obj<AFacet, DOther> & other)