From 7fb5cfb432bdb91fddd1ff957cb04e2b8f8a156a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Conybeare <rconybeare@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:56:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] xo-alloc2: progress on forwarding objects [WIP]

---
 include/xo/facet/OObject.hpp              | 3 +++
 include/xo/facet/facet_implementation.hpp | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/xo/facet/OObject.hpp b/include/xo/facet/OObject.hpp
index 1f46fad2..66ca9977 100644
--- a/include/xo/facet/OObject.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/facet/OObject.hpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ namespace xo {
             using ISpecific = FacetImplType<AFacet, DRepr>;
             using DataType = DRepr;
             using DataPtr = DRepr*;
+            using Opaque = void *;
 
             explicit OObject() {}
             explicit OObject(DataPtr d) : data_{d} {}
@@ -127,8 +128,10 @@ namespace xo {
             }
 
             DataPtr data() const { return data_; }
+            Opaque opaque_data() const { return data_; }
 
             void reset() { data_ = nullptr; }
+            void reset_opaque(Opaque data) { data_ = (DataPtr)data; }
 
             /**
              *  We're either:
diff --git a/include/xo/facet/facet_implementation.hpp b/include/xo/facet/facet_implementation.hpp
index bf245d7d..7e561c05 100644
--- a/include/xo/facet/facet_implementation.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/facet/facet_implementation.hpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace xo {
          **/
         template <typename AFacet, typename DRepr>
         struct FacetImplementation {
-            static_assert(false && "expect specialization <AFacet,DRepr> which should provide ImplType trait");
+            //static_assert(false && "expect specialization <AFacet,DRepr> which should provide ImplType trait");
         };
 
         /**  Retrieve facet implementation for a (facet, datatype) pair **/