Overloading — enable_if (2)

// Copyright 2014 Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// This shows how to use enable_if for controlling
// which function overload to pick based on the compile-time
// properties of the argument type.
//
// REQUIRES C++11

#include <cassert>
#include <type_traits>

#define ENABLE_IF(...) \
  typename std::enable_if<__VA_ARGS__::value>::type* = nullptr

template <typename T>
struct optional
{
  // optional always uninitialized
  explicit operator bool() const { return false; } 
  T value() const { throw int(); }

  template <typename U, ENABLE_IF(std::is_convertible<U, T>)>
  T value_or(U const& v) const
  {
    if (*this)
      return this->value();
    else
      return v;
  }

  template <typename F, ENABLE_IF(!std::is_convertible<F, T>)>
  T value_or(F const& f) const
  {
    if (*this)
      return this->value();
    else
      return f();
  }
};

int def()
{
  return -1;
}

int main()
{
  optional<int> oi;
  assert (oi.value_or(1) == 1);
  assert (oi.value_or(&def) == -1);
}

3 Responses to Overloading — enable_if (2)

  1. Vasily says:

    ENABLE_IF must be in fuction arguments not in template arguments.

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