Re: Suffix Return Type Syntax

From:
Yechezkel Mett <ymett.on.usenet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:23:29 CST
Message-ID:
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On Nov 24, 6:18 pm, Kenshin <kenshin.himura.sakab...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi. Given the below, to sum all arguments passed,

1. What should be coded in place of the "/*What goes here*/" part?

template<class T1, class T2>
[]sum(T1&& t1, T2&& t2)->decltype(t1 + t2){

        return t1 + t2;

}

template<class T1, class T2, class... T3>
[]sum(const T1& t1, const T2& t2, const T3&... t3)->decltype(/*What
goes here*/){

        return t1 + sum(t2, t3...);

}


Won't this work:

template<class T1, class T2, class... T3>
auto sum(const T1& t1, const T2& t2, const T3&... t3)
    ->decltype(t1 + sum(t2, t3...))
{
    return t1 + sum(t2, t3...);
}

2. How can I modify this to use std::plus<>() instead?

The problem with using std::plus<> is that it requires both arguments
to be the same type, while your function doesn't.

Otherwise you could just use it:

template<class T1, class T2, class... T3>
auto sum(const T1& t1, const T2& t2, const T3&... t3)
    ->decltype(std::plus<T1>()(t1, sum(t2, t3...)))
{
    return std::plus<T1>()(t1, sum(t2, t3...));
}

Yechezkel Mett

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