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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Boost.Utility/IdentityType 1.0.0</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../../doc/src/boostbook.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="chapter" title="Boost.Utility/IdentityType 1.0.0"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="boost_utility_identitytype"></a>Boost.Utility/IdentityType 1.0.0</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Lorenzo</span> <span class="surname">Caminiti <code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:lorcaminiti@gmail.com">lorcaminiti@gmail.com</a>&gt;</code></span></h3></div></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2009-2012 Lorenzo
Caminiti</p></div><div><div class="legalnotice" title="Legal Notice"><a name="boost_utility_identitytype.legal"></a><p>
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0 (see accompanying
file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)
</p></div></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#boost_utility_identitytype.motivation">Motivation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#boost_utility_identitytype.solution">Solution</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#boost_utility_identitytype.templates">Templates</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#boost_utility_identitytype.abstract_types">Abstract Types</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#boost_utility_identitytype.annex__usage">Annex: Usage</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#boost_utility_identitytype.annex__implementation">Annex:
Implementation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#reference">Reference</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
This library allows to wrap types within round parenthesis so they can always
be passed as macro parameters.
</p><div class="section boost_utility_identitytype_motivation" title="Motivation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="boost_utility_identitytype.motivation"></a><a class="link" href="#boost_utility_identitytype.motivation" title="Motivation">Motivation</a></h2></div></div></div><p>
Consider the following macro which declares a variable named <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">var</span></code><code class="literal"><span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span></code>
with the specified <code class="literal"><span class="emphasis"><em>type</em></span></code> (see also
<a href="../../test/var_error.cpp" target="_top"><code class="literal">var_error.cpp</code></a>):
</p><p>
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#define</span> <span class="identifier">VAR</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">type</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="identifier">var</span> <span class="error">#</span><span class="preprocessor"># n</span>
<span class="identifier">VAR</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// OK.</span>
<span class="identifier">VAR</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="number">2</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// Error.</span>
</pre><p>
</p><p>
The first macro invocation works correctly declaring a variable named <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">var1</span></code> of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>.
However, the second macro invocation fails generating a preprocessor error
similar to the following:
</p><pre class="programlisting">error: macro "VAR" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2
</pre><p>
That is because the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span></code> type passed as the first macro parameter
contains a comma <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">,</span></code> not wrapped
by round parenthesis <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">()</span></code>. The preprocessor
interprets that unwrapped comma as a separation between macro parameters concluding
that a total of three (and not two) parameters are passed to the macro in the
following order:
</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span></code>
</li><li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
</li><li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">2</span></code>
</li></ol></div><p>
Note that, differently from the compiler, the preprocessor only recognizes
round parenthesis <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">()</span></code>. Angular
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code> and squared <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[]</span></code> parenthesis are not recognized by the preprocessor
when parsing macro parameters.
</p></div><div class="section boost_utility_identitytype_solution" title="Solution"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="boost_utility_identitytype.solution"></a><a class="link" href="#boost_utility_identitytype.solution" title="Solution">Solution</a></h2></div></div></div><p>
In some cases, it might be possible to workaround this issue by avoiding to
pass the type expression to the macro all together. For example, in the case
above a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">typedef</span></code> could have been
used to specify the type expression with the commas outside the macro (see
also <a href="../../test/var.cpp" target="_top"><code class="literal">var.cpp</code></a>):
</p><p>
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">map_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">VAR</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">map_type</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// OK.</span>
</pre><p>
</p><p>
When this is neither possible nor desired (e.g., see the function template
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code> in the section below), this
library header <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#header.boost.utility.identity_type_hpp" title="Header &lt;boost/utility/identity_type.hpp&gt;">boost/utility/identity_type.hpp</a></code>
defines a macro <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code>
which can be used to workaround the issue while keeping the type expression
as one of the macro parameters (see also <a href="../../test/var.cpp" target="_top"><code class="literal">var.cpp</code></a>).
</p><p>
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">utility</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">identity_type</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">VAR</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span><span class="special">((</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;)),</span> <span class="number">4</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// OK.</span>
</pre><p>
</p><p>
The <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code> macro
expands to an expression that evaluates (at compile-time) to the specified
type. The specified type is never split into multiple macro parameters because
it is always wrapped by a set of extra round parenthesis <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">()</span></code>.
In fact, a total of two sets of round parenthesis must be used: The parenthesis
to invoke the macro <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span><span class="special">(...)</span></code> plus the inner parenthesis to wrap the
type passed to the macro <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span><span class="special">((...))</span></code>.
</p><p>
This macro works on any <a href="http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/standards" target="_top">C++03</a>
compiler (and it does not use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variadic_macro" target="_top">variadic
macros</a>). <sup>[<a name="boost_utility_identitytype.solution.f0" href="#ftn.boost_utility_identitytype.solution.f0" class="footnote">1</a>]</sup> The authors originally developed and tested this library using
GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) C++ 4.5.3 (with and without C++11 features enabled
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">++</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="identifier">x</span></code>) on Cygwin
and Miscrosoft Visual C++ (MSVC) 8.0 on Windows 7. See the library <a href="http://www.boost.org/development/tests/release/developer/utility-identity_type.html" target="_top">regressions
test results</a> for more information on supported compilers and platforms.
</p></div><div class="section boost_utility_identitytype_templates" title="Templates"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="boost_utility_identitytype.templates"></a><a class="link" href="#boost_utility_identitytype.templates" title="Templates">Templates</a></h2></div></div></div><p>
This macro must be prefixed by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">typename</span></code>
when used within templates. For example, let's program a macro that declares
a function parameter named <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">arg</span></code><code class="literal"><span class="emphasis"><em>n</em></span></code>
with the specified <code class="literal"><span class="emphasis"><em>type</em></span></code> (see also
<a href="../../test/template.cpp" target="_top"><code class="literal">template.cpp</code></a>):
</p><p>
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#define</span> <span class="identifier">ARG</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">type</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">type</span> <span class="identifier">arg</span> <span class="error">#</span><span class="preprocessor"># n</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="comment">// Prefix macro with `typename` in templates.</span>
<span class="identifier">ARG</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span><span class="special">((</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;)),</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">arg1</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre><p>
</p><p>
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="char">'a'</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// OK...</span>
<span class="comment">// f(a); // ... but error.</span>
</pre><p>
</p><p>
However, note that the template parameter <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span></code>
must be manually specified when invoking the function as in <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code>. In fact,
when the <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code>
macro is used to wrap a function template parameter, the template parameter
can no longer be automatically deduced by the compiler form the function call
as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code> would
have done. <sup>[<a name="boost_utility_identitytype.templates.f0" href="#ftn.boost_utility_identitytype.templates.f0" class="footnote">2</a>]</sup> (This limitation does not apply to class templates because class
template parameters must always be explicitly specified.) In other words, without
using the <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code>
macro, C++ would normally be able to automatically deduce the function template
parameter as shown below:
</p><p>
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">arg1</span>
<span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">arg1</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre><p>
</p><p>
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// OK...</span>
<span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// ... and also OK.</span>
</pre><p>
</p></div><div class="section boost_utility_identitytype_abstract_types" title="Abstract Types"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="boost_utility_identitytype.abstract_types"></a><a class="link" href="#boost_utility_identitytype.abstract_types" title="Abstract Types">Abstract Types</a></h2></div></div></div><p>
On some compilers (e.g., GCC), using this macro on abstract types (i.e., classes
with one or more pure virtual functions) generates a compiler error. This can
be avoided by manipulating the type adding and removing a reference to it.
</p><p>
Let's program a macro that performs a static assertion on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_metaprogramming" target="_top">Template
Meta-Programming</a> (TMP) meta-function (similarly to Boost.MPL <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/libs/mpl/doc/refmanual/assert.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</span></code></a>). The <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code> macro can be used
to pass a meta-function with multiple template parameters to the assert macro
(so to handle the commas separating the template parameters). In this case,
if the meta-function is an abstract type, it needs to be manipulated adding
and removing a reference to it (see also <a href="../../test/abstract.cpp" target="_top"><code class="literal">abstract.cpp</code></a>):
</p><p>
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#define</span> <span class="identifier">TMP_ASSERT</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">metafunction</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">\</span>
<span class="identifier">BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">metafunction</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">abstract</span> <span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">value</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// Pure virtual function.</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="identifier">TMP_ASSERT</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">remove_reference</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="comment">// Add and remove</span>
<span class="identifier">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span><span class="special">((</span> <span class="comment">// reference for</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">add_reference</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="comment">// abstract type.</span>
<span class="identifier">abstract</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">true</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span>
<span class="special">))</span>
<span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span>
<span class="special">);</span>
</pre><p>
</p></div><div class="section boost_utility_identitytype_annex__usage" title="Annex: Usage"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="boost_utility_identitytype.annex__usage"></a><a class="link" href="#boost_utility_identitytype.annex__usage" title="Annex: Usage">Annex: Usage</a></h2></div></div></div><p>
The <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code> macro
can be used either when calling a user-defined macro (as shown by the examples
so far), or internally when implementing a user-defined macro (as shown below).
When <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code> is
used in the implementation of the user-defined macro, the caller of the user
macro will have to specify the extra parenthesis (see also <a href="../../test/paren.cpp" target="_top"><code class="literal">paren.cpp</code></a>):
</p><p>
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#define</span> <span class="identifier">TMP_ASSERT_PAREN</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">parenthesized_metafunction</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">\</span>
<span class="comment">/* use `BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE` in macro definition instead of invocation */</span> <span class="special">\</span>
<span class="identifier">BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">parenthesized_metafunction</span><span class="special">)::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#define</span> <span class="identifier">TMP_ASSERT</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">metafunction</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">\</span>
<span class="identifier">BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">metafunction</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="comment">// Specify only extra parenthesis `((...))`.</span>
<span class="identifier">TMP_ASSERT_PAREN</span><span class="special">((</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_const</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&gt;));</span>
<span class="comment">// Specify both the extra parenthesis `((...))` and `BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE` macro.</span>
<span class="identifier">TMP_ASSERT</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span><span class="special">((</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_const</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&gt;)));</span>
</pre><p>
</p><p>
However, note that the caller will <span class="emphasis"><em>always</em></span> have to specify
the extra parenthesis even when the macro parameters contain no comma:
</p><p>
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">TMP_ASSERT_PAREN</span><span class="special">((</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_const</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&gt;));</span> <span class="comment">// Always extra `((...))`.</span>
<span class="identifier">TMP_ASSERT</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_const</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&gt;);</span> <span class="comment">// No extra `((...))` and no macro.</span>
</pre><p>
</p><p>
In some cases, using <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code>
in the implementation of the user-defined macro might provide the best syntax
for the caller. For example, this is the case for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</span></code>
because the majority of template meta-programming expressions contain unwrapped
commas so it is less confusing for the user to always specify the extra parenthesis
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">((...))</span></code> instead of using <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code>:
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</span><span class="special">((</span> <span class="comment">// Natural syntax.</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">mpl</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">and_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_const</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_reference</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="special">));</span>
</pre><p>
However, in other situations it might be preferable to not require the extra
parenthesis in the common cases and handle commas as special cases using <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code>. For example, this
is the case for <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/local_function" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION</span></code></a> for which always
requiring the extra parenthesis <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">((...))</span></code>
around the types would lead to an unnatural syntax for the local function signature:
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">((</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;))</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">((</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;))</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="comment">// Unnatural syntax.</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="identifier">BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION_NAME</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">)</span>
</pre><p>
Instead requiring the user to specify <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code>
only when needed allows for the more natural syntax <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>
<span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">)</span></code> in the common cases when the parameter types
contain no comma (while still allowing to specify parameter types with commas
as special cases using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span><span class="special">((</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;))&amp;</span>
<span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">)</span></code>).
</p></div><div class="section boost_utility_identitytype_annex__implementation" title="Annex: Implementation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="boost_utility_identitytype.annex__implementation"></a><a class="link" href="#boost_utility_identitytype.annex__implementation" title="Annex: Implementation">Annex:
Implementation</a></h2></div></div></div><p>
The implementation of this library macro is equivalent to the following: <sup>[<a name="boost_utility_identitytype.annex__implementation.f0" href="#ftn.boost_utility_identitytype.annex__implementation.f0" class="footnote">3</a>]</sup>
</p><pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">type_traits</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">function_traits</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#define</span> <span class="identifier">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">parenthesized_type</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">\</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">function_traits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">parenthesized_type</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">arg1_type</span>
</pre><p>
Essentially, the type is wrapped between round parenthesis <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;)</span></code>
so it can be passed as a single macro parameter even if it contains commas.
Then the parenthesized type is transformed into the type of a function returning
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">void</span></code> and with the specified type
as the type of the first and only argument <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">void</span>
<span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;)</span></code>. Finally, the type of the first argument
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">arg1_type</span></code> is extracted at compile-time
using the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">function_traits</span></code> meta-function
therefore obtaining the original type from the parenthesized type (effectively
stripping the extra parenthesis from around the specified type).
</p></div><div class="section reference" title="Reference"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="reference"></a>Reference</h2></div></div></div><div class="section header_boost_utility_identity_type_hpp" title="Header &lt;boost/utility/identity_type.hpp&gt;"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="header.boost.utility.identity_type_hpp"></a>Header &lt;<a href="../../../../../boost/utility/identity_type.hpp" target="_top">boost/utility/identity_type.hpp</a>&gt;</h3></div></div></div><p>Wrap type expressions with round parenthesis so they can be passed to macros even if they contain commas. </p><pre class="synopsis">
<a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a>(parenthesized_type)</pre><div class="refentry" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE"><a name="BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle">Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span></h2><p>BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE — This macro allows to wrap the specified type expression within extra round parenthesis so the type can be passed as a single macro parameter even if it contains commas (not already wrapped within round parenthesis). </p></div><h2 class="refsynopsisdiv-title">Synopsis</h2><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><pre class="synopsis"><span class="comment">// In header: &lt;<a class="link" href="#header.boost.utility.identity_type_hpp" title="Header &lt;boost/utility/identity_type.hpp&gt;">boost/utility/identity_type.hpp</a>&gt;
</span>BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE(parenthesized_type)</pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a name="id554262"></a><h2>Description</h2><p><span class="bold"><strong>Parameters:</strong></span> </p><div class="informaltable"><table class="table"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><span class="bold"><strong><code class="computeroutput">parenthesized_type</code></strong></span></td><td>The type expression to be passed as macro parameter wrapped by a single set of round parenthesis <code class="computeroutput">(...)</code>. This type expression can contain an arbitrary number of commas. </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>
</p><p>This macro works on any C++03 compiler (it does not use variadic macros).</p><p>This macro must be prefixed by <code class="computeroutput">typename</code> when used within templates. Note that the compiler will not be able to automatically determine function template parameters when they are wrapped with this macro (these parameters need to be explicitly specified when calling the function template).</p><p>On some compilers (like GCC), using this macro on abstract types requires to add and remove a reference to the specified type. </p></div></div></div></div><div class="footnotes"><br><hr width="100" align="left"><div class="footnote"><p><sup>[<a id="ftn.boost_utility_identitytype.solution.f0" href="#boost_utility_identitytype.solution.f0" class="para">1</a>] </sup>
Using variadic macros, it would be possible to require a single set of extra
parenthesis <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span><span class="special">(</span></code><code class="literal"><span class="emphasis"><em>type</em></span></code><code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">)</span></code> instead of two <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</span><span class="special">((</span></code><code class="literal"><span class="emphasis"><em>type</em></span></code><code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">))</span></code> but variadic macros are not part of C++03
(even if nowadays they are supported by most modern compilers and they are
also part of C++11).
</p></div><div class="footnote"><p><sup>[<a id="ftn.boost_utility_identitytype.templates.f0" href="#boost_utility_identitytype.templates.f0" class="para">2</a>] </sup>
This is because the implementation of <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="#BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE" title="Macro BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE">BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE</a></code>
wraps the specified type within a meta-function.
</p></div><div class="footnote"><p><sup>[<a id="ftn.boost_utility_identitytype.annex__implementation.f0" href="#boost_utility_identitytype.annex__implementation.f0" class="para">3</a>] </sup>
There is absolutely no guarantee that the macro is actually implemented using
the code listed in this documentation. The listed code is for explanatory
purposes only.
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[library Boost.Utility/IdentityType
[quickbook 1.5]
[version 1.0.0]
[copyright 2009-2012 Lorenzo Caminiti]
[purpose wraps types with round parenthesis]
[license
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
(see accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at
[@http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt])
]
[authors [Caminiti <email>lorcaminiti@gmail.com</email>, Lorenzo]]
[category Utilities]
]
This library allows to wrap types within round parenthesis so they can always be passed as macro parameters.
[import ../test/var_error.cpp]
[import ../test/var.cpp]
[import ../test/template.cpp]
[import ../test/abstract.cpp]
[import ../test/paren.cpp]
[section Motivation]
Consider the following macro which declares a variable named `var`[^['n]] with the specified [^['type]] (see also [@../../test/var_error.cpp =var_error.cpp=]):
[var_error]
The first macro invocation works correctly declaring a variable named `var1` of type `int`.
However, the second macro invocation fails generating a preprocessor error similar to the following:
[pre
error: macro "VAR" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2
]
That is because the `std::map` type passed as the first macro parameter contains a comma `,` not wrapped by round parenthesis `()`.
The preprocessor interprets that unwrapped comma as a separation between macro parameters concluding that a total of three (and not two) parameters are passed to the macro in the following order:
# `std::map<int`
# `char>`
# `2`
Note that, differently from the compiler, the preprocessor only recognizes round parenthesis `()`.
Angular `<>` and squared `[]` parenthesis are not recognized by the preprocessor when parsing macro parameters.
[endsect]
[section Solution]
In some cases, it might be possible to workaround this issue by avoiding to pass the type expression to the macro all together.
For example, in the case above a `typedef` could have been used to specify the type expression with the commas outside the macro (see also [@../../test/var.cpp =var.cpp=]):
[var_typedef]
When this is neither possible nor desired (e.g., see the function template `f` in the section below), this library header [headerref boost/utility/identity_type.hpp] defines a macro [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE] which can be used to workaround the issue while keeping the type expression as one of the macro parameters (see also [@../../test/var.cpp =var.cpp=]).
[var_ok]
The [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE] macro expands to an expression that evaluates (at compile-time) to the specified type.
The specified type is never split into multiple macro parameters because it is always wrapped by a set of extra round parenthesis `()`.
In fact, a total of two sets of round parenthesis must be used: The parenthesis to invoke the macro `BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE(...)` plus the inner parenthesis to wrap the type passed to the macro `BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE((...))`.
This macro works on any [@http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/standards C++03] compiler (and it does not use [@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variadic_macro variadic macros]).
[footnote
Using variadic macros, it would be possible to require a single set of extra parenthesis `BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE(`[^['type]]`)` instead of two `BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE((`[^['type]]`))` but variadic macros are not part of C++03 (even if nowadays they are supported by most modern compilers and they are also part of C++11).
]
The authors originally developed and tested this library using GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) C++ 4.5.3 (with and without C++11 features enabled `-std=c++0x`) on Cygwin and Miscrosoft Visual C++ (MSVC) 8.0 on Windows 7.
See the library [@http://www.boost.org/development/tests/release/developer/utility-identity_type.html regressions test results] for more information on supported compilers and platforms.
[endsect]
[section Templates]
This macro must be prefixed by `typename` when used within templates.
For example, let's program a macro that declares a function parameter named `arg`[^['n]] with the specified [^['type]] (see also [@../../test/template.cpp =template.cpp=]):
[template_f_decl]
[template_f_call]
However, note that the template parameter `char` must be manually specified when invoking the function as in `f<char>(a)`.
In fact, when the [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE] macro is used to wrap a function template parameter, the template parameter can no longer be automatically deduced by the compiler form the function call as `f(a)` would have done.
[footnote
This is because the implementation of [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE] wraps the specified type within a meta-function.
]
(This limitation does not apply to class templates because class template parameters must always be explicitly specified.)
In other words, without using the [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE] macro, C++ would normally be able to automatically deduce the function template parameter as shown below:
[template_g_decl]
[template_g_call]
[endsect]
[section Abstract Types]
On some compilers (e.g., GCC), using this macro on abstract types (i.e., classes with one or more pure virtual functions) generates a compiler error.
This can be avoided by manipulating the type adding and removing a reference to it.
Let's program a macro that performs a static assertion on a [@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_metaprogramming Template Meta-Programming] (TMP) meta-function (similarly to Boost.MPL [@http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/libs/mpl/doc/refmanual/assert.html `BOOST_MPL_ASSERT`]).
The [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE] macro can be used to pass a meta-function with multiple template parameters to the assert macro (so to handle the commas separating the template parameters).
In this case, if the meta-function is an abstract type, it needs to be manipulated adding and removing a reference to it (see also [@../../test/abstract.cpp =abstract.cpp=]):
[abstract]
[endsect]
[section Annex: Usage]
The [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE] macro can be used either when calling a user-defined macro (as shown by the examples so far), or internally when implementing a user-defined macro (as shown below).
When [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE] is used in the implementation of the user-defined macro, the caller of the user macro will have to specify the extra parenthesis (see also [@../../test/paren.cpp =paren.cpp=]):
[paren]
However, note that the caller will /always/ have to specify the extra parenthesis even when the macro parameters contain no comma:
[paren_always]
In some cases, using [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE] in the implementation of the user-defined macro might provide the best syntax for the caller.
For example, this is the case for `BOOST_MPL_ASSERT` because the majority of template meta-programming expressions contain unwrapped commas so it is less confusing for the user to always specify the extra parenthesis `((...))` instead of using [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE]:
BOOST_MPL_ASSERT(( // Natural syntax.
boost::mpl::and_<
boost::is_const<T>
, boost::is_reference<T>
>
));
However, in other situations it might be preferable to not require the extra parenthesis in the common cases and handle commas as special cases using [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE].
For example, this is the case for [@http://www.boost.org/libs/local_function `BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION`] for which always requiring the extra parenthesis `((...))` around the types would lead to an unnatural syntax for the local function signature:
int BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION( ((int&)) x, ((int&)) y ) { // Unnatural syntax.
return x + y;
} BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION_NAME(add)
Instead requiring the user to specify [macroref BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE] only when needed allows for the more natural syntax `BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION(int& x, int& y)` in the common cases when the parameter types contain no comma (while still allowing to specify parameter types with commas as special cases using `BOOST_LOCAL_FUNCTION(BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE((std::map<int, char>))& x, int& y)`).
[endsect]
[section Annex: Implementation]
The implementation of this library macro is equivalent to the following:
[footnote
There is absolutely no guarantee that the macro is actually implemented using the code listed in this documentation.
The listed code is for explanatory purposes only.
]
#include <boost/type_traits/function_traits.hpp>
#define BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE(parenthesized_type) \
boost::function_traits<void parenthesized_type>::arg1_type
Essentially, the type is wrapped between round parenthesis `(std::map<int, char>)` so it can be passed as a single macro parameter even if it contains commas.
Then the parenthesized type is transformed into the type of a function returning `void` and with the specified type as the type of the first and only argument `void (std::map<int, char>)`.
Finally, the type of the first argument `arg1_type` is extracted at compile-time using the `function_traits` meta-function therefore obtaining the original type from the parenthesized type (effectively stripping the extra parenthesis from around the specified type).
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# Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Lorenzo Caminiti
# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
# (see accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at
# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
# Home at http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/identity_type
import testing ;
compile-fail var_error.cpp ;
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// Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Lorenzo Caminiti
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
// (see accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// Home at http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/identity_type
#include <boost/utility/identity_type.hpp>
#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/add_reference.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/remove_reference.hpp>
//[abstract
#define TMP_ASSERT(metafunction) \
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(metafunction::value)
template<typename T, bool b>
struct abstract {
static const bool value = b;
virtual void f(T const& x) = 0; // Pure virtual function.
};
TMP_ASSERT(
boost::remove_reference< // Add and remove
BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE(( // reference for
boost::add_reference< // abstract type.
abstract<int, true>
>::type
))
>::type
);
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// Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Lorenzo Caminiti
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
// (see accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// Home at http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/identity_type
#include <boost/utility/identity_type.hpp>
#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
//[noncopyable
#define TMP_ASSERT(metafunction) \
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(metafunction::value)
template<typename T, T init>
struct noncopyable : boost::noncopyable {
static const T value = init;
};
TMP_ASSERT(BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE((noncopyable<bool, true>)));
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// Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Lorenzo Caminiti
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
// (see accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// Home at http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/identity_type
#include <boost/utility/identity_type.hpp>
#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_const.hpp>
#include <map>
//[paren
#define TMP_ASSERT_PAREN(parenthesized_metafunction) \
/* use `BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE` in macro definition instead of invocation */ \
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE(parenthesized_metafunction)::value)
#define TMP_ASSERT(metafunction) \
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(metafunction::value)
// Specify only extra parenthesis `((...))`.
TMP_ASSERT_PAREN((boost::is_const<std::map<int, char> const>));
// Specify both the extra parenthesis `((...))` and `BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE` macro.
TMP_ASSERT(BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE((boost::is_const<std::map<int, char> const>)));
//]
//[paren_always
TMP_ASSERT_PAREN((boost::is_const<int const>)); // Always extra `((...))`.
TMP_ASSERT(boost::is_const<int const>); // No extra `((...))` and no macro.
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// Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Lorenzo Caminiti
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
// (see accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// Home at http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/identity_type
#include <boost/utility/identity_type.hpp>
#include <map>
#include <iostream>
//[template_f_decl
#define ARG(type, n) type arg ## n
template<typename T>
void f( // Prefix macro with `typename` in templates.
ARG(typename BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE((std::map<int, T>)), 1)
) {
std::cout << arg1[0] << std::endl;
}
//]
//[template_g_decl
template<typename T>
void g(
std::map<int, T> arg1
) {
std::cout << arg1[0] << std::endl;
}
//]
int main() {
//[template_f_call
std::map<int, char> a;
a[0] = 'a';
f<char>(a); // OK...
// f(a); // ... but error.
//]
//[template_g_call
g<char>(a); // OK...
g(a); // ... and also OK.
//]
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// Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Lorenzo Caminiti
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
// (see accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// Home at http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/identity_type
#include <map>
#define VAR(type, n) type var ## n
VAR(int, 1); // OK.
//[var_typedef
typedef std::map<int, char> map_type;
VAR(map_type, 3); // OK.
//]
//[var_ok
#include <boost/utility/identity_type.hpp>
VAR(BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE((std::map<int, char>)), 4); // OK.
//]
int main() { return 0; }

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// Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Lorenzo Caminiti
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
// (see accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// Home at http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/identity_type
#include <map>
//[var_error
#define VAR(type, n) type var ## n
VAR(int, 1); // OK.
VAR(std::map<int, char>, 2); // Error.
//]
int main() { return 0; }

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// Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Lorenzo Caminiti
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
// (see accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// Home at http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/identity_type
/** @file
Wrap type expressions with round parenthesis so they can be passed to macros
even if they contain commas.
*/
#ifndef BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE_HPP_
#define BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE_HPP_
#include <boost/type_traits/function_traits.hpp>
/**
@brief This macro allows to wrap the specified type expression within extra
round parenthesis so the type can be passed as a single macro parameter even if
it contains commas (not already wrapped within round parenthesis).
@Params
@Param{parenthesized_type,
The type expression to be passed as macro parameter wrapped by a single set
of round parenthesis <c>(...)</c>.
This type expression can contain an arbitrary number of commas.
}
@EndParams
This macro works on any C++03 compiler (it does not use variadic macros).
This macro must be prefixed by <c>typename</c> when used within templates.
Note that the compiler will not be able to automatically determine function
template parameters when they are wrapped with this macro (these parameters
need to be explicitly specified when calling the function template).
On some compilers (like GCC), using this macro on abstract types requires to
add and remove a reference to the specified type.
*/
#define BOOST_IDENTITY_TYPE(parenthesized_type) \
/* must NOT prefix this with `::` to work with parenthesized syntax */ \
boost::function_traits< void parenthesized_type >::arg1_type
#endif // #include guard