Example
template<auto N> struct counter {
static constexpr auto value = N;
};
[[nodiscard]] consteval auto next() {
for (auto i = 0;; ++i) {
if (auto mi = substitute(^counter, { std::meta::reflect_value(i) }); std::meta::is_incomplete_type(mi)) {
return std::meta::value_of<decltype(i)>(std::meta::static_data_members_of(mi)[0]);
}
}
}
static_assert(next() == 0);
static_assert(next() == 1);
Puzzle
- Can you implement compile-time type list?
template<class T> using append_t;// TODO
template<auto = []{}> using get_list_t; // TODO
int main() {
static_assert(typeid(get_list_t<>{}) == typeid(type_list<>));
append_t<int>{};
static_assert(typeid(get_list_t<>{}) == typeid(type_list<int>));
append_t<float>{};
static_assert(typeid(get_list_t<>{}) == typeid(type_list<int, float>));
}
Solutions
template<auto> struct type_list_impl;
consteval auto append(auto new_member) {
std::vector<std::meta::info> members{};
for (auto i = 0;; ++i) {
if (auto mi = substitute(^type_list_impl, { std::meta::reflect_value(i) }); std::meta::is_incomplete_type(mi)) {
std::vector<std::meta::nsdm_description> new_members{};
for (const auto& member: members) {
new_members.push_back({std::meta::type_of(member), {.name = std::meta::name_of(member)}});
}
const char name[]{'_', char(i+'0'), 0};
new_members.push_back({{new_member}, {.name = std::string_view(name, 2)}});
return define_class(mi, new_members);
} else {
members = std::meta::nonstatic_data_members_of(mi);
}
}
}
consteval auto get_list(auto type_list) {
std::vector<std::meta::info> members{};
for (auto i = 0;; ++i) {
if (auto mi = substitute(^type_list_impl, { std::meta::reflect_value(i) }); std::meta::is_incomplete_type(mi)) {
break;
} else {
members = std::meta::nonstatic_data_members_of(mi);
}
}
std::vector<std::meta::info> new_members{};
for (auto member : members) {
new_members.push_back(std::meta::type_of(member));
}
return substitute(type_list, new_members);
}
template<class...> struct type_list{};
template<class T> using append_t = [:append(^T):];
template<auto = []{}> using get_list_t = [:get_list(^type_list):];
int main() {
static_assert(typeid(get_list_t<>{}) == typeid(type_list<>));
append_t<int>{};
static_assert(typeid(get_list_t<>{}) == typeid(type_list<int>));
append_t<float>{};
static_assert(typeid(get_list_t<>{}) == typeid(type_list<int, float>));
}
template<class...> struct type_list {};
template<auto> struct nth { auto friend get(nth); auto friend get(nth); };
template<auto N, class T> struct set { auto friend get(nth<N>) { return T{}; } };
template<class T, template<class...> class TList, class... Ts> auto append_impl(TList<Ts...>) -> TList<Ts..., T>;
template<class T, auto N = 0, auto unique = []{}>
consteval auto append() {
if constexpr (requires { get(nth<N>{}); }) {
append<T, N+1, unique>();
} else if constexpr (N == 0) {
void(set<N, type_list<T>>{});
} else {
void(set<N, decltype(append_impl<T>(get(nth<N-1>{})))>{});
}
}
template<auto unique = []{}, auto N = 0>
consteval auto get_list() {
if constexpr (requires { get(nth<N>{}); }) {
return get_list<unique, N+1>();
} else if constexpr (N == 0) {
return type_list{};
} else {
return get(nth<N-1>{});
}
}
int main() {
static_assert(typeid(get_list()) == typeid(type_list<>));
append<int>();
static_assert(typeid(get_list()) == typeid(type_list<int>));
append<float>();
static_assert(typeid(get_list()) == typeid(type_list<int, float>));
}