Re: templated function help
* Francesco Montorsi:
I'm quite new to templates... I was asked to transform the following
macro
#define DECLARE_STRING_CHECK(func) \
inline bool func##String(const MyString& val) \
{ \
for ( MyString::const_iterator i = val.begin(); \
i != val.end(); \
++i ) \
if (func(*i) == 0) \
return false; \
return true; \
}
DECLARE_STRING_CHECK(isalpha) // declares isalphaString()
DECLARE_STRING_CHECK(isalnum)
DECLARE_STRING_CHECK(isdigit)
in a template.
Assuming 'isalpha' etc. are the C library functions: this code has generally
Undefined Behavior, that is, it's Wrong(TM).
The code has well-defined result only when compiled with an option to make
'char' an unsigned type, and/or is operating under a restriction to ASCII.
The practical result is that it may/will exhibit false positives and may/will
crash in a debug build.
So, instead of
if( func(*i) == 0 )
use e.g.
typedef unsigned char UnsignedChar;
...
if( func( UnsignedChar( *i ) ) == 0 )
Cheers & hth.,
- Alf (uncanny ability to detect sheer Wrongness(TM))
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