Re: SFINAE
kaalus@gmail.com wrote:
Is it possible to use SFINAE to provide different implementations of
some function depending on the fact that operator << is overloaded for
some type?
It should be: what is your problem?
For example:
template<class T>
void output1(const T &t)
{
// This implementation should be in effect for types that support
<<
std::cout << t;
}
template<class T>
void output2(const T &t)
{
// This implementation should be in effect for types that do not
support <<
my_output(t);
}
So that this usage is possible:
T t;
output(t); // uses output1 or output2 depending on << operator
defined for T
I do not really see the reason to do it with SFINAE (Substitution
Failure Is Not An Error). The most obvious way to do solve your problem
would be to provide operator<< for those classes. If that is not
appropriate, I believe I would simply provide:
template <typename T>
void my_output(T const& t) { std::cout << t; }
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