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// Boost.TypeErasure library
//
// Copyright 2011 Steven Watanabe
//
// Distributed under the Boost Software License Version 1.0. (See
// accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// $Id$
#include <boost/type_erasure/any.hpp>
#include <boost/type_erasure/any_cast.hpp>
#include <boost/type_erasure/builtin.hpp>
#include <boost/type_erasure/operators.hpp>
#include <boost/type_erasure/tuple.hpp>
#include <boost/mpl/vector.hpp>
#include <iostream>
namespace mpl = boost::mpl;
using namespace boost::type_erasure;
void multi1() {
//[multi1
/*`
Operations can have more than one __any argument.
Let's use binary addition as an example.
*/
typedef any<
mpl::vector<
copy_constructible<>,
typeid_<>,
addable<>,
ostreamable<>
>
> any_type;
any_type x(10);
any_type y(7);
any_type z(x + y);
std::cout << z << std::endl; // prints 17
/*`
The underlying types of the arguments of `+` must match or the
behavior is undefined.
*/
//]
}
void multi2() {
//[multi2
/*`
__addable`<>` requires the types of the arguments to be
the same. We can also capture relationships among several types.
To do this we'll need to identify each type with a
__placeholder.
*/
int array[5];
typedef mpl::vector<
copy_constructible<_a>,
copy_constructible<_b>,
typeid_<_a>,
addable<_a, _b, _a>
> requirements;
/*`
Also, we can no longer capture the variables
independently.
``
any<requirements, _a> ptr(&array[0]); // illegal
``
This doesn't work because the library needs
to know the type that _b binds to when it
captures the concept bindings. We need to
specify the bindings of both placeholders
when we construct the __any.
*/
typedef mpl::map<mpl::pair<_a, int*>, mpl::pair<_b, int> > types;
any<requirements, _a> ptr(&array[0], static_binding<types>());
any<requirements, _b> idx(2, static_binding<types>());
any<requirements, _a> x(ptr + idx);
// x now holds array + 2
/*`
Here the arguments of `+` are no longer the same.
What we require is that the dynamic bindings of
the two arguments to `+` must map the placeholders
`_a` and `_b` to the same types.
We can also use __tuple to avoid having to
write out the map out explicitly.
*/
tuple<requirements, _a, _b> t(&array[0], 2);
any<requirements, _a> y(get<0>(t) + get<1>(t));
//]
}
//[multi
//` (For the source of the examples in this section see
//` [@boost:/libs/type_erasure/example/multi.cpp multi.cpp])
//` [multi1]
//` [multi2]
//]