Re: Non-type Concept Parameters

From:
SG <s.gesemann@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
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Date:
Sun, 31 May 2009 19:17:53 CST
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On 31 Mai, 17:19, Scott Meyers <use...@aristeia.com> wrote:

I'm trying to get a handle on what can be done with non-type concept
parameters.


[...]

Does it make sense to have a concept for ints? For example,

concept MultipleOf<int v, int n> {};

template<typename T, int V>
requires MultipleOf<V, 2>
class Widget { ... };

If so, would I have to set up a concept map manually for every
qualifying value?

concept_map MultipleOf<2, 2> {};
concept_map MultipleOf<4, 2> {};
concept_map Multipleof<6, 2> {};
....


Alternatives:

   template<int v, int n>
     requires std::True<(v % n == 0)>
   concept_map MultipleOf<v,n> {}

Or even better without concept maps:

   auto concept MultipleOf<int v, int n> {
     requires std::True<(v % n == 0)>;
   }

std::True is an example of a non-type concept that is part of the
proposed standard:

   concept True<bool> {}
   concept_map True<true> {}

If so, it looks to me like a static_assert somewhere would be a much
better approach.


For a class tempate it might not matter. But a requires clause of a
function template can prevent a specialization form being part of the
overload set. A static_assert within the function template's body
could lead to ambiguities w.r.t. overload resolution even though a
specialization that's part of the overload set might not compile due
to a failing static_assert.

Cheers!
SG

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