Re: C++ Template Virtual Function
For reference, I repeat the getValue() code here:
template<typename T>
int getValue(std::list<T> &val) {
if ( m_Type == eType::short ) val.push_back(boost::any_cast<short>(m_Value));
if ( m_Type == eType::long ) val.push_back(boost::any_cast<long> (m_Value));
if ( m_Type == eType::char ) val.push_back(boost::any_cast<char> (m_Value));
return 0;
}
Again, you are corrrect. I meant to place a double if statement.
if ( (m_Type == eType::short) && (m_Type == getType<T>() )
Yes, if this is OK regarding your app logic, you can do this. For this
you won't need the whole eType system though as boost::any knows its
stored type anyway:
I must be missing something. Boost any may know what type it but the
documentation doesn't specify a way to get that information. The
examples show the follow way to determine type. I really don't want
to throw exceptions for incorrect type cast.
try
{
any_cast<const char *>(operand);
return true;
}
catch(const boost::bad_any_cast &)
{
return false;
}
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