Re: Variadic Templates and aliases?

From:
Robert Hutchings <rm.hutchings@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:39:25 -0500
Message-ID:
<m1osbq$hi2$1@dont-email.me>
On 10/16/2014 11:30 AM, Chris Vine wrote:

On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:47:25 -0500
Robert Hutchings <rm.hutchings@gmail.com> wrote:

I was given this code yesterday:

#ifndef _MEMOIZE_H_
#define _MEMOIZE_H_

#include <tuple>
#include <map>

template < typename T > struct Memoize
{
      template <typename... Args> static auto Func(Args... args)
                            -> decltype(T::Func(std::forward<Args>(args)...))
      {
          using INPUT = std::tuple<Args...>;

          using RESULT = decltype(T::Func(std::forward<Args>(args)...));

          static std::map< INPUT, RESULT > repository;

          auto key = std::make_tuple(std::forward<Args>(args)...);

          auto it = repository.find(key);

          if (it != repository.end())
          {
              return it->second;
          }

          else
          {
              auto result = T::Func(std::forward<Args>(args)...);

              repository[key] = result;

              return result;
          }
      }
};

#endif // _MEMOIZE_H_

Now, can someone point me to a good tutorial or book on variadic
templates and the "using SOMETHING = " semantics. Is this just an
alias?


I usually begin with cpp.reference.com for this kind of thing. This
is a good reference on 'using' for defining types:
http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/type_alias

This might help with variadic templates, although it is a reference
rather than a tutorial and so assumes some knowledge:
http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/parameter_pack

   using RESULT = decltype(T::Func(std::forward<Args>(args)...));

is the same as

   typedef decltype(T::Func(std::forward<Args>(args)...)) RESULT;

This is defective:
   template <typename... Args> static auto Func(Args... args)
                              -> decltype(T::Func(std::forward<Args>(args)...))

If forwarding of rvalues as well as lvalues is to be achieved the
signature should be:

   template <typename... Args> static auto Func(Args&&... args)
                              -> decltype(T::Func(std::forward<Args>(args)...))

Chris


OK, thanks for the tips. I will check out cppreference.com.

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