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Boost.Precise and Flat tuple Representation (Boost.PFR) is a library for very
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basic reflection that gives you access to structure elements by index and provides
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other <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tuple</span></code> like methods for user defined types
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tuple</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span></code>
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are great for generic programming, however they have disadvantages. First
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of all, code that uses them becomes barely readable. Consider two definitions:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">auth_info_tuple</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tuple</span><span class="special"><</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int64_t</span><span class="special">,</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int64_t</span><span class="special">,</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int64_t</span><span class="special">,</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">time_t</span>
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<span class="special">>;</span>
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<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">auth_info_aggreagte</span> <span class="special">{</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int64_t</span> <span class="identifier">id</span><span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int64_t</span> <span class="identifier">session_id</span><span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int64_t</span> <span class="identifier">source_id</span><span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">time_t</span> <span class="identifier">valid_till</span><span class="special">;</span>
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Definition via structure is much more clear. Same story with usages: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">);</span></code> vs. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">return</span>
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<span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">session_id</span><span class="special">;</span></code>.
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Another advantage of aggregates is a more efficient copy, move construction
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and assignments.
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Because of the above issues many guidelines recommend to <span class="bold"><strong>use
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aggregates instead of tuples</strong></span>. However aggregates fail when it
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comes to the functional like programming.
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PFR library <span class="bold"><strong>provides tuple like methods for aggregate
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initializable structures</strong></span>, making aggregates usable in contexts
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where only tuples were useful.
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All you have to do is to add <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span>
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<span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">pfr</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span></code>.
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No macro or other type/member registrations required.
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<a name="boost_pfr.motivation_and_intro.sample_with_db"></a><a class="link" href="index.html#boost_pfr.motivation_and_intro.sample_with_db" title="Sample with DB">Sample
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Imagine that you are writing the wrapper library for database. User of your
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library wish to implement <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">retrieve_friend</span></code>
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function:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">db</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">api</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="comment">// your library</span>
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<span class="comment">// User code:</span>
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<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">user_info</span> <span class="special">{</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int64_t</span> <span class="identifier">id</span><span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int64_t</span> <span class="identifier">github_stars</span><span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">email</span><span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="special">};</span>
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<span class="comment">// ...</span>
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<span class="identifier">user_info</span> <span class="identifier">retrieve_friend</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string_view</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">);</span>
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Depending on the usage of PFR in your DB wrapper users code will look differently:
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Without PFR
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With PFR
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<pre xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="table-programlisting"><span class="identifier">user_info</span> <span class="identifier">retrieve_friend</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string_view</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
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<span class="keyword">auto</span> <span class="identifier">tuple_info</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">db</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">one_row_as</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int64_t</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int64_t</span><span class="special">>(</span>
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<span class="string">"SELECT id, name, github_stars, email FROM user_infos WHERE name=$0"</span><span class="special">,</span>
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<span class="identifier">name</span>
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<span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="keyword">auto</span> <span class="identifier">friend_info</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">ask_user_for_friend</span><span class="special">(</span>
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<span class="identifier">user_info</span><span class="special">{</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="identifier">tuple_info</span><span class="special">)),</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="identifier">tuple_info</span><span class="special">)),</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="identifier">tuple_info</span><span class="special">)),</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="identifier">tuple_info</span><span class="special">)),</span>
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<span class="special">}</span>
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<span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="identifier">db</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span>
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<span class="string">"INSERT INTO user_infos(id, name, github_stars, email) VALUES ($0, $1, $2, $3)"</span><span class="special">,</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="identifier">friend_info</span><span class="special">)),</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="identifier">friend_info</span><span class="special">)),</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="identifier">friend_info</span><span class="special">)).</span>
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">>(</span><span class="identifier">friend_info</span><span class="special">))</span>
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<span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">friend_info</span><span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="special">}</span>
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</pre>
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<td>
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<pre xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="table-programlisting"><span class="identifier">user_info</span> <span class="identifier">retrieve_friend</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string_view</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
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<span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">auto</span> <span class="identifier">info</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">db</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">one_row_as</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">user_info</span><span class="special">>(</span>
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<span class="string">"SELECT id, name, github_stars, email FROM user_infos WHERE name=$0"</span><span class="special">,</span>
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<span class="identifier">name</span>
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<span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="keyword">auto</span> <span class="identifier">friend_info</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">ask_user_for_friend</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">info</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="identifier">db</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span>
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<span class="string">"INSERT INTO user_infos(id, name, github_stars, email) VALUES ($0, $1, $2, $3)"</span><span class="special">,</span>
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<span class="identifier">friend_info</span>
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<span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">friend_info</span><span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="special">}</span>
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</pre>
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With PFR the code is shorter, more readable and more pleasant to write.
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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section">
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
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<a name="boost_pfr.motivation_and_intro.representations"></a><a class="link" href="index.html#boost_pfr.motivation_and_intro.representations" title="Representations">Representations</a>
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</h3></div></div></div>
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<p>
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The two different types of reflection are:
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</p>
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<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc">
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<li class="listitem">
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<span class="bold"><strong>Precise</strong></span> tuple representation, where
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each field type is represented as it actually exists, even if the type
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is itself a user-defined type.
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</li>
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<li class="listitem">
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<span class="bold"><strong>Flat</strong></span> tuple representation, where user-defined
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types are represented by their individual field types, and all other
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types are represented as they actually exists.
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</li>
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</ul></div>
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<p>
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As an example:
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</p>
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">pfr</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span>
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<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">nested_t</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">};</span>
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<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">foo_t</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">nested_t</span> <span class="identifier">nested</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">};</span>
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<span class="keyword">static_assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_same</span><span class="special"><</span>
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<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pfr</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">flat_tuple_element_t</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">foo_t</span><span class="special">>,</span> <span class="comment">// Flat reflection.</span>
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<span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="comment">// `char`, not `nested_t`!</span>
|
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<span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">""</span><span class="special">);</span>
|
||
|
||
|
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<span class="comment">// Requires C++17 or Loophole enabled:</span>
|
||
<span class="keyword">static_assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_same</span><span class="special"><</span>
|
||
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pfr</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tuple_element_t</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">foo_t</span><span class="special">>,</span> <span class="comment">// Precise reflection.</span>
|
||
<span class="identifier">nested_t</span>
|
||
<span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">""</span><span class="special">);</span>
|
||
</pre>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="section">
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
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<a name="boost_pfr.motivation_and_intro.out_of_the_box_functionality"></a><a class="link" href="index.html#boost_pfr.motivation_and_intro.out_of_the_box_functionality" title="Out of the box functionality">Out
|
||
of the box functionality </a>
|
||
</h3></div></div></div>
|
||
<p>
|
||
Boost.Precise and Flat tuple Representation (Boost.PFR) adds the following
|
||
out-of-the-box functionality for aggregate initializable structures:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc">
|
||
<li class="listitem">
|
||
comparison operators
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li class="listitem">
|
||
heterogeneous comparators
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li class="listitem">
|
||
hash
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li class="listitem">
|
||
stream operators
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li class="listitem">
|
||
access to members by index
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li class="listitem">
|
||
member type retrieval
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li class="listitem">
|
||
methods for cooperation with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tuple</span></code>
|
||
</li>
|
||
<li class="listitem">
|
||
methods to visit each field of the structure
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul></div>
|
||
<p>
|
||
PFR is a header only library that does not depend on Boost. You can just
|
||
copy the content of the "include" folder <a href="https://github.com/apolukhin/magic_get" target="_top">from
|
||
the github</a> into your project, and the library will work fine.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="warning"><table border="0" summary="Warning">
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_63_0/doc/src/images/warning.png"></td>
|
||
<th align="left">Warning</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
|
||
This is not an official Boost library! It wasn't reviewed and can't be downloaded
|
||
from www.boost.org. This library is available to the community to know real
|
||
interest and get comments for refinement. The intention is to submit library
|
||
to formal review, if community think that it is interesting!
|
||
</p></td></tr>
|
||
</table></div>
|
||
<div class="caution"><table border="0" summary="Caution">
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Caution]" src="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_63_0/doc/src/images/caution.png"></td>
|
||
<th align="left">Caution</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
|
||
Recommended C++ Standards are C++17 and above
|
||
</p></td></tr>
|
||
</table></div>
|
||
<div class="caution"><table border="0" summary="Caution">
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Caution]" src="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_63_0/doc/src/images/caution.png"></td>
|
||
<th align="left">Caution</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
|
||
Library requires at least C++14! Pre C++14 compilers (C++11, C++03...) are
|
||
not supported
|
||
</p></td></tr>
|
||
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|
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|
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