Refactoring CPP03 --> CPP0x

From:
er <er.ci.2020@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:17:19 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<ea416374-5615-4e6c-ba29-e9de60ecb07c@p11g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>
Hello, please help with the problem below. Questions are within the
code.

#include <utility>
#include <boost/mpl/assert.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_reference.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_const.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/remove_reference.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/remove_const.hpp>

// Implem developed under CPP03 that I'd like to not have to re-write
under CPP0x
template<typename T> void impl(T&){}

// CPP03
template<typename T> void f(T& t){ impl( t ); }
template<typename T> void f(T const& t){ impl( t ); }

// CPP0x - tentative replacement for f
template<typename T> void g(T&& t)
{

    impl(
         std::forward<T>( t )
// what should I have here, instead, such that I can emulate the
behavior of f when t is a rvalue?
    );
}

    int const x = -1;

    f( x );
    f( 1 );

    g( x );
    g( 1 ); // fails.

// sheds light on the problem:

template<typename T>
void assert_lvalue(T&&)
{
    typedef boost::is_reference<T> pred_;
    BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((pred_));
}

template<typename T>
void assert_rvalue(T&&)
{
    typedef boost::is_reference<T> pred_;
    BOOST_MPL_ASSERT_NOT((pred_));
}

template<typename T>
void assert_const(T&&)
{
    typedef typename boost::remove_reference<T>::type val_;
    typedef boost::is_const<val_> pred_;
    BOOST_MPL_ASSERT((pred_));
}

    assert_lvalue( x );
    assert_const( x );
    assert_rvalue( 1 );
    assert_const( 1 ); // mpl::failed

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