Re: fighting with move sematics and std::tuple

From:
Frank Bergemann <frank471162@googlemail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
Mon, 28 May 2012 10:13:26 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<4f34c34d-b3ee-4397-a23e-f3a9f17646eb@l5g2000vbo.googlegroups.com>
Hi Daniel,

thanks for all the hints!
The most relevant was this:

template<typename ...Types>
struct _ArgTuple
{
  typedef typename std::tuple<const _Arg<Types>...> Type;
};


There is a lot of code, but above member type definition is at least
one source of the trouble, see below.

[...]

It is easy to understand that *any*
std::tuple<const X> cannot be a move-only type for some object type X,
simply because the move-constructor would be ill-formed when there is
a const data member.


So here's the updated version:

FunctionTracker.h:
----------------------------------------------------------
/*
 * FunctionTracker.h
 *
 * Created on: Oct 30, 2011
 * Author: frank
 */
#ifndef FUNCTIONTRACKER_H_
#define FUNCTIONTRACKER_H_

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip> // std::setw
#include <utility> // std::forward<>
#include <tuple> // std::tuple<>
#include <type_traits> // std::enable_if<>
#include <stdexcept> // std::runtime_error

namespace FT // FunctionTracker
{

/**
 * parameter type-independent base class
 */
struct ArgCommon
{
    /**
     * classify input vs. output parameter
     * to log for entering vs. exiting a procedure/function
     */
    typedef enum
    {
        Input_c = 1,
        Output_c = 2
    } ParamType_t;

    char const * const name;
    ParamType_t const type;

    ArgCommon(
        char const * const name,
        ParamType_t const type)
    : name(name),
      type(type)
    { };

    ArgCommon(ArgCommon&& rhs)
    : name(rhs.name),
      type(rhs.type)
    { };

    ArgCommon(
        ArgCommon const &rhs)
    : name(rhs.name),
      type(rhs.type)
    {
        throw std::runtime_error("ArgCommon: invalid invocation of copy
c'tor");
    };

    ArgCommon & operator=(ArgCommon const &) = delete;
};

/**
 * host class for parameter_name << ": enter" <<
 * referencing to the variable
 */
template <typename T>
struct Arg : public ArgCommon
{
    const T & value;

    Arg(
        char const * const name,
        ArgCommon::ParamType_t const type,
        T const & value)
    : ArgCommon(name, type),
      value(value)
    { };

    Arg(Arg&& rhs)
    : ArgCommon(std::move(rhs)),
      value(rhs.value)
    { };

    Arg(
        Arg const & rhs)
    : ArgCommon(rhs), // will throw
      value(rhs.value)
    { };

    Arg & operator=(Arg const &) = delete;
};

/**
 * ostream helper for Arg<T>
 */
template <typename T>
std::ostream &operator<<(
    std::ostream &out,
    const Arg<T> &arg)
{
    out << arg.name << " => '" << arg.value << "'";
     return out;
}

template <typename T>
Arg<T> MakeInArg(
    char const * const name,
    T & value)
{
    return Arg<T>(name, ArgCommon::Input_c, value);
};

template <typename T>
Arg<T> MakeOutArg(
    char const * const name,
    T & value)
{
    return Arg<T>(name, ArgCommon::Output_c, value);
};

// variadic template type list transformation
template <typename ...Types>
struct ArgTuple
{
    typedef typename std::tuple<Arg<Types>...> Type;
};

/**
 * shared recursion level
 * (does not support threads!)
 */
struct FunctionTrackerShared {
    static int level;
};

/**
 * FunctionTracker implementation
 * but not used directly
 * 'FunctionTracker' is used instead
 */
template <typename PARAMS>
class FunctionTrackerImpl
{
    private:
        char const * const funcName;
        const PARAMS params;

    protected:
        FunctionTrackerImpl(
            char const* const funcName,
            PARAMS && params)
        : funcName(funcName?funcName:"<unknown>"),
          params(std::move(params))
        {
            if (FunctionTrackerShared::level > 0) {
                std::cerr << std::setw(FunctionTrackerShared::level) << ' ';
            }
            std::cerr << funcName << ": enter with input: ";
            PrintTuple(ArgCommon::Input_c, params);
            std::cerr << std::endl;
            ++FunctionTrackerShared::level;
        }

        FunctionTrackerImpl(const FunctionTrackerImpl & rhs)
        : funcName(rhs.funcName),
          params(rhs.params)
        {
            throw std::runtime_error("FunctionTrackerImpl: invalid invocation
of copy c'tor");
        }

        FunctionTrackerImpl & operator=(const FunctionTrackerImpl &rhs) =
delete;

        ~FunctionTrackerImpl()
        {
            --FunctionTrackerShared::level;
            if (FunctionTrackerShared::level > 0) {
                std::cerr << std::setw(FunctionTrackerShared::level) << ' ';
            }
            std::cerr << funcName << ": exit with output: ";
            PrintTuple(ArgCommon::Output_c, params);
            std::cerr << std::endl;
        }

        template<std::size_t I = 0, typename... Tp>
        inline typename std::enable_if<I == sizeof...(Tp), void>::type
        PrintTuple(ArgCommon::ParamType_t const & paramType, const
std::tuple<Tp...>& t)
        { }

        // TODO: turn dynamic checks into compile time evaluation
        template<std::size_t I = 0, typename... Tp>
        inline typename std::enable_if<I < sizeof...(Tp), void>::type
        PrintTuple(ArgCommon::ParamType_t const & paramType, const
std::tuple<Tp...>& t)
        {
            const ArgCommon& arg = std::get<I>(t);
            if (paramType == arg.type) {
                std::cerr << std::get<I>(t);
                if (I+1!=sizeof...(Tp)) std::cerr << ", ";
            }
            PrintTuple<I + 1, Tp...>(paramType, t);
        }
};

/**
 * FunctionTracker factory supporting variable arguments
 */
template <typename... Types>
class FunctionTracker : public FunctionTrackerImpl< typename
ArgTuple<Types...>::Type >
{
private:
        typedef FunctionTrackerImpl< typename ArgTuple<Types...>::Type >
BaseType;

        typedef typename ArgTuple<Types...>::Type PARAMS;

        FunctionTracker(
                char const * const funcName,
                PARAMS && params)
        : BaseType(funcName, std::move(params))
        { };

public:
        // cannot delete copy c'tor
        // because FunctionTracker::Make formally requires it
        // though doesn't actually use if (RVO)
        FunctionTracker(const FunctionTracker & rhs)
        : BaseType(rhs) // will throw
        { };

        FunctionTracker & operator=(const FunctionTracker &rhs) = delete;

        template <typename... Args>
        static FunctionTracker make(
            char const * const funcName,
            Args... args)
        {
            return FunctionTracker<Types...>(funcName,
std::make_tuple(std::move(args)...));
        };
};

} // namespace FT

#endif /*FUNCTIONTRACKER_H_*/
----------------------------------------------------------
FunctionTracker.cpp:
----------------------------------------------------------
/*
 * FunctionTracker.cpp
 *
 * Created on: Oct 30, 2011
 * Author: frank
 */
#include "FunctionTracker.h"

int FT::FunctionTrackerShared::level = 0;
----------------------------------------------------------
main.cpp:
----------------------------------------------------------
/*
 * main.cpp
 *
 * Created on: Oct 30, 2011
 * Author: frank
 */
#include <utility>

#include "FunctionTracker.h"

int
main(
    int argc,
    char ** argv)
{
    int x = 5;

    std::cerr << "### main: create tuple" << std::endl;
    std::tuple<FT::Arg<int> > forTest =
std::make_tuple(FT::MakeInArg("x", x));

    std::cerr << "### main: create FunctionTracker" << std::endl;
    auto funcTracker = FT::FunctionTracker<
            std::remove_reference<decltype(x)>::type

             ::make(
        __FUNCTION__,
        FT::MakeInArg("x", x));

    return 0;
}
----------------------------------------------------------
output:
----------------------------------------------------------
frank@frank-desktop:~/workspace/FunctionTracker/Debug$ ./
FunctionTracker
### main: create tuple
### main: create FunctionTracker
main: enter with input: x => '5'
main: exit with output:
----------------------------------------------------------

The reason for need of copy constructor seems to be the
FunctionTracker::make(...).
it uses:
   return FunctionTracker<Types...>(funcName,
std::make_tuple(std::move(args)...));
I guess this "formally" requires the copy c'tor(?)
(see my comment:
        // cannot delete copy c'tor
        // because FunctionTracker::Make formally requires it
        // though doesn't actually use if (RVO)
)
That's why i cannot use "= delete" for those.
However, as the copy c'tor (now) are not used actually, i implemented
them, but raise a runtime exception in case they WOULD be used.
I want the Function::Tracker::make(...) to serve for type-
transformation.
Is there a better way to resolve this conflict?

regards,
Frank

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