Re: Is a class type using SFINAE

From:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 17 May 2007 13:21:44 -0400
Message-ID:
<f2i2va$82b$1@news.datemas.de>
siddhu wrote:

Dear Experts,

I am trying to implement "Is a class type" for template arguments
using SFINAE.

program is like this:

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
template <typename T>
class IsClass
{
private:
typedef char one;
typedef struct{char a[2];} two;
template<typename C>static one test(int C::*);
template<typename C>static two test(...);
public:
enum { Yes = sizeof(IsClass<T>::test<T>(0)) == 1 };


Visual C++ compiles it and gives the expected behaviour if you
remove the 'IsClass<T>::' from the expression inside sizeof:

    enum { Yes = sizeof(test<T>(0)) == 1 };

};

template<typename T>
void check()
{
if (IsClass<T>::Yes) {
       std::cout << " Is Class" << std::endl;
   }
   else {
       std::cout << " Not Class " << std::endl;
   }

}
class ABCD
{
};

int main()
{
cout<<"int";
               check<int>();
cout<<"ABCD";
               check<ABCD>();
}

It does not compile on g++ compiler.

On CC it gives the following output:

int Not Class
ABCD Not Class

But the expected behavior for class ABCD was
ABCD Is Class.

Suggestions would be very helpful.


If after proposed changes it still doesn't work, contact GCC
people.

V
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