Re: tuples in C++11

From:
Jeff Flinn <TriumphSprint2000@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:12:06 -0400
Message-ID:
<k0ge89$dur$1@dont-email.me>
On 8/14/2012 2:17 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:

Hello!

Suppose I have the following:

int main()
{
         typedef boost::tuple<int, int, int> tuple3;
         std::vector<tuple3> tuples;

         tuples.push_back(tuple3(1, 2, 3));
         tuples.push_back(tuple3(7, 8, 9));
         tuples.push_back(tuple3(4, 5, 6));

         for (auto& i : tuples)
                 std::cout << i.get<0>() << " " << i.get<1>() << " " <<
i.get<2>() << '\n';

         return 0;
}

Is it even possible to have something like this:

for (auto& i : tuples)
{
         for (unsigned j = 0; j < 3; ++j)
         {
                 std::cout << i.get<j>();
                 if (j < 3)
                         std::cout << " ";
         }

         std::cout << '\n';
}

When I try it, GCC 4.6.3 says it's illegal to have an non constant
expression as in 'i.get<j>'. Are there any workarounds for this one?


While I realize that you're just using this to investigate working with
tuple types in general, certainly boost tuple already handles IO. You
can do for example:

#include "boost/tuple/tuple_io.hpp"

int main() // untested
{
    typedef boost::tuple<int, int, int> tuple3;
    std::vector<tuple3> tuples;

    tuples.push_back(tuple3(1, 2, 3));
    tuples.push_back(tuple3(7, 8, 9));
    tuples.push_back(tuple3(4, 5, 6));

    for (auto& i : tuples)
    {
       using namespace boost::tuples;

       std::cout << set_delimiter(' ') << set_close('\n') << i;
    }
    return 0;
}

As others have stated, you are mixing compiletime and runtime
polymorphism. This is boost fusion's realm.

#include <boost/fusion/adapted/boost_tuple.hpp>
#include <iostream>

struct print //some polymorphic callable function type
{
    typedef void result_type;

    std::ostream& mos;

    print(std::ostream& os) : mos(os) {}

    template<typename T> void operator()(const T& t) const
    {
       mos << t << ' ';
    }
};

int main() // untested
{
    typedef boost::tuple<int, float, std::string> tuple3;
    std::vector<tuple3> tuples;

    tuples.push_back(tuple3(1, 2.1f, '3'));
    tuples.push_back(tuple3(7, 8.1f, '9'));
    tuples.push_back(tuple3(4, 5.1f, '6'));

    for (auto& i : tuples)
    {
       boost::fusion::for_each(i, print(std::cout));

       std::cout << '\n';
    }
    return 0;
}

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