Re: [temp.variadic]: variable parameters of the same type

From:
"Bo Persson" <bop@gmb.dk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:27:18 CST
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<6d4v0mFt81gU1@mid.individual.net>
Rodolfo Lima wrote:

Hi, I need some help to define a function that accepts a variable
number of parameters of the same type and I wonder if c++0x's
variadic templates would help me.
After looking at c++0x's current draft specification it seems it
isn't possible. I want something along the lines of:

struct A { A(int){} };

template <A... ARGS> void function(ARGS... args) {}

function(A(3), A(2), A(5)); // should be ok

struct B { B(int){} };
function(A(4), B(3), A(1)); // should be an error

Is there a way to accomplish this with variadic templates?


You can extend the is_same test from <type_traits> to work for the
variadic arguments:

       // same types?

       template<class, class ...> // not defined
       struct SameTypes;

       template<class ValueT>
       struct SameTypes<ValueT> : true_type
       { };

       template<class FirstT, class SecondT, class ... ArgTypes>
       struct SameTypes<FirstT, SecondT, ArgTypes...>
          : public std::integral_constant<bool,
               std::is_same<FirstT, SecondT>::value &&
               SameTypes<FirstT, ArgTypes...>::value >
       { };

Then you can use a

std::enable_if<SameTypes<ARGS...>::value>

to guard your function.

Bo Persson

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