fighting with move sematics and std::tuple

From:
Frank Bergemann <frank471162@googlemail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
Sat, 26 May 2012 10:35:10 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<073d5f4e-7db8-40af-bc0d-391dbbcb9976@d18g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>
Hi,
i am working on an exercise for move sematics and want to create a
'FunctionTracker', which logs enter/exit message for functions and
their input/output variables.
It works. But it uses some copying, which i want to shake off (if
possible).
Here's the FunctionTracker.h source file (i use gcc 4.7.0, ubuntu
linux 10.04.4, 32 bit):
-------------------------------------------------------------
/*
 * FunctionTracker.h
 */
#ifndef FUNCTIONTRACKER_H_
#define FUNCTIONTRACKER_H_

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip> // std::setw
#include <utility> // std::forward<>
#include <tuple> // std::tuple<>
#include <type_traits> // std::enable_if<>

/**
 * classify input vs. output parameter
 * to log for entering vs. exiting a procedure/function
 */
typedef enum
{
    Input_c = 1,
    Output_c = 2
} ParamType_t;

/**
 * parameter type-independent base class
 */
struct _ArgCommon
{
    char const * const _name;
    ParamType_t const _type;

    _ArgCommon(
        char const * const name,
        ParamType_t const type)
    : _name(name),
      _type(type)
    { };

#if 0
    // TODO: want to get rid of the copy c'tor
    _ArgCommon(_ArgCommon const &) = delete;
#else
    _ArgCommon(
        _ArgCommon const &rhs)
    : _name(rhs._name),
      _type(rhs._type)
    {
        std::cerr << "_ArgCommon copy c'tor" << std::endl;
    };
#endif
    _ArgCommon & operator=(_ArgCommon const &) = delete;
};

/**
 * host class for parameter
 * referencing to the variable
 */
template <typename T>
struct _Arg : public _ArgCommon
{
    const T & _value;

    _Arg(
        char const * const name,
        ParamType_t const type,
        T const & value)
    : _ArgCommon(name, type),
      _value(value)
    { };

#if 0
    // TODO: want to get rid of the copy c'tor
    _Arg(_Arg const & rhs) = delete;
#else
    _Arg(
        _Arg const & rhs)
    : _ArgCommon(rhs),
      _value(rhs._value)
    { };
#endif

    _Arg & operator=(_Arg const &) = delete;
};

/**
 * ostream helper for _Arg<T>
 */
template <typename T>
std::ostream &operator<<(
        std::ostream &out,
        const _Arg<T> &arg)
{
    out << arg._name << " => '" << arg._value << "'";
    return out;
}

/**
 * input parameter variant
 */
template <typename T>
struct InArg : public _Arg<T>
{
    InArg(
        char const * const name,
        T const & value)
    : _Arg<T>(name, Input_c, value)
    { };

#if 0
    // TODO: want to get rid of the copy c'tor
    InArg(InArg const & rhs) = delete;
#else
    InArg(
        InArg const & rhs)
    : _Arg<T>(rhs)
    { };
#endif

    InArg & operator=(InArg const &) = delete;
};

/**
 * output parameter variant
 */
template <typename T>
struct OutArg : public _Arg<T>
{
    OutArg(
        char const * const name,
        T const & value)
    : _Arg<T>(name, Output_c, value)
    { };

#if 0
    // TODO: want to get rid of the copy c'tor
    OutArg(OutArg const & rhs) = delete;
#else
    OutArg(
        OutArg const & rhs)
    : _Arg<T>(rhs)
    { };
#endif

    OutArg & operator=(OutArg const &) = delete;
};

template <typename T>
const InArg<T> MakeInArg(
        char const * const name,
        T & value)
{
    std::cerr << "MakeInArg: invoked" << std::endl;
    return InArg<T>(name, value);
};

template <typename T>
const OutArg<T> MakeOutArg(
        char const * const name,
        T & value)
{
    return OutArg<T>(name, value);
};

// variadic template type list transformation
template <typename ...Types>
struct _ArgTuple
{
    typedef typename std::tuple<const _Arg<Types>...> Type;
};

/**
 * recursive tuple ostream helper template
 */

/**
 * recursion
 */
template<std::size_t I = 0, typename... Tp>
inline typename std::enable_if<I < sizeof...(Tp), void>::type
PrintTuple(const std::tuple<Tp...>& t)
{
    std::cerr << std::get<I>(t) << ", ";
    PrintTuple<I + 1, Tp...>(t);
}

/**
 * recursion termination
 */
template<std::size_t I = 0, typename... Tp>
inline typename std::enable_if<I == sizeof...(Tp), void>::type
PrintTuple(const std::tuple<Tp...>& t)
{ }

/**
 * shared recursion level
 * (does not support threads!)
 */
struct _FunctionTrackerShared {
    static int _level;
};

/**
 * FunctionTracker implementation
 * but not used directly
 * 'FunctionTracker' is used instead
 */
template <typename PARAMS>
class _FunctionTrackerImpl
{
    private:
        char const * const _funcName;

        const PARAMS _params;

    protected:
        _FunctionTrackerImpl(
            char const* const funcName,
            PARAMS && params)
        : _funcName(funcName?funcName:"<unknown>"),
          _params(std::forward<PARAMS>(params))
        {
            if (_FunctionTrackerShared::_level > 0) {
                std::cerr << std::setw(_FunctionTrackerShared::_level) << ' ';
            }
            std::cerr << _funcName << ": enter with ";
            PrintInput(_params);
            std::cerr << std::endl;
            ++_FunctionTrackerShared::_level;
        }

#if 0
        _FunctionTrackerImpl(const _FunctionTrackerImpl &) = delete;
#else
        _FunctionTrackerImpl(const _FunctionTrackerImpl & rhs)
        : _funcName(rhs._funcName),
          _params(rhs._params)
        {
            std::cerr << "!!! _FunctionTrackerImpl copy c'tor !!!" <<
std::endl;
        }
#endif

        ~_FunctionTrackerImpl()
        {
            --_FunctionTrackerShared::_level;
            if (_FunctionTrackerShared::_level > 0) {
                std::cerr << std::setw(_FunctionTrackerShared::_level) << ' ';
            }
            std::cerr << _funcName << ": exit with ";
            PrintOutput(_params);
            std::cerr << std::endl;
        }

        void PrintInput(
            const PARAMS & params)
        {
            std::cerr << "input: ";
            PrintTuple(Input_c, params);
        }

        void PrintOutput(
            const PARAMS & params)
        {
            std::cerr << "output: ";
            PrintTuple(Output_c, params);
        }

        template<std::size_t I = 0, typename... Tp>
        inline typename std::enable_if<I == sizeof...(Tp), void>::type
        PrintTuple(ParamType_t const & paramType, const std::tuple<Tp...>&
t)
        { }

        template<std::size_t I = 0, typename... Tp>
        inline typename std::enable_if<I < sizeof...(Tp), void>::type
        PrintTuple(ParamType_t const & paramType, const std::tuple<Tp...>&
t)
        {
            const _ArgCommon& arg = std::get<I>(t);
            if (paramType == arg._type) {
                std::cerr << std::get<I>(t) << ", ";
            }
            PrintTuple<I + 1, Tp...>(paramType, t);
        }

};

/**
 * FunctionTracker factory supporting variable arguments
 */
template <typename... Types>
class FunctionTracker : public _FunctionTrackerImpl< typename
_ArgTuple<Types...>::Type >
{
private:
        typedef _FunctionTrackerImpl< typename _ArgTuple<Types...>::Type >
BaseType;

        typedef typename _ArgTuple<Types...>::Type PARAMS;

        FunctionTracker(
                char const * const funcName,
                PARAMS && params)
        : _FunctionTrackerImpl<PARAMS>(funcName,
std::forward<PARAMS>(params))
        { };

public:
        FunctionTracker(const FunctionTracker & rhs)
        : BaseType(rhs)
        { };

        template <typename... Args>
        static FunctionTracker make(
            char const * const funcName,
            Args... args)
        {
            std::cerr << "FunctionTracker::make(...): create tuple" <<
std::endl;
            auto forTest = std::make_tuple(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
            std::cerr << "FunctionTracker::make(...): create and return
FunctionTracker" << std::endl;
            return FunctionTracker<Types...>(funcName,
std::make_tuple(std::move(args)...));
        };
};

#endif /*FUNCTIONTRACKER_H_*/
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And here a little test main.cpp:
-------------------------------------------------------------
/*
 * main.cpp
 *
 * Created on: Oct 30, 2011
 * Author: frank
 */

#include <utility> // std::move<>

#include "FunctionTracker.h"

int
main(
    int argc,
    char ** argv)
{
    int x = 5;

    auto funcTracker = FunctionTracker<
            std::remove_reference<decltype(x)>::type

             ::make(
        __FUNCTION__,
        MakeInArg("x", x));

    return 0;
}
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And this is the output:
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frank@frank-desktop:~/workspace/FunctionTracker/Debug$ ./
FunctionTracker
MakeInArg: invoked
FunctionTracker::make(...): create tuple
_ArgCommon copy c'tor
FunctionTracker::make(...): create and return FunctionTracker
_ArgCommon copy c'tor
_ArgCommon copy c'tor
_ArgCommon copy c'tor
main: enter with input: x => '5',
main: exit with output:
-------------------------------------------------------------

See, there is a copy c'tor invoked #1 time for just creating the
tuple.
(Added in the FunctionTracker::make(...) just for test.
 And in know, that i shouldn't apply std::forward and std::move both
to the same data - just for test.
 Btw, i tries both for the 'FunctionTracker': std::move and
std::forward - no difference.)

And there is even copied #3 times for creating the real
'FunctionTracker' object.

Can you pls. help?

- Many thanks!

best regards,
Frank

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