Re: Simplest MetaLoop

From:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Daniel_Kr=FCgler?= <daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com>
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Date:
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:56:58 CST
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On 29 Okt., 00:13, PGK <graham.k...@gmail.com> wrote:

I've written a simple template metaprogramming loop (below) using a
struct template which requires a loop index, and two function
signatures; one for the base (zero) case, and one for the inductive
(ith) case. As you can see below, I start things off with a call like
this:

Loop2<double (*)(double), void (*)(int), 2 >::foo(f2,f1);

and the output is:

Hello from f1(2).
Hello from f1(1).
Hello from f2(0.123).

My question is, can I reconfigure this code so that I don't have to
explicitly specify the types of the two function pointers? For
example, something "like": Loop2<2>::foo(f2,f1);

Cheers,
P.

inline void f1(int i) { std::cout << "Hello from f1(" << i <<
")." << std::endl; }
inline double f2(double d) { std::cout << "Hello from f2(" << d <<
")." << std::endl; }


A function that returns a non-void result which normally exits
without return causes undefined behaviour.

template<typename BaseFunc, typename InductiveFunc, int i>
struct Loop2 {
   static inline void foo(BaseFunc bFunc, InductiveFunc iFunc) {
     iFunc(i);
     Loop2<BaseFunc,InductiveFunc,i-1>::foo(bFunc,iFunc);
   }
};

template<typename BaseFunc, typename InductiveFunc>
struct Loop2<BaseFunc,InductiveFunc,0> {
   static inline void foo(BaseFunc bFunc, InductiveFunc iFunc) {
     bFunc(0.123);
   }
};

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   Loop2<double (*)(double), void (*)(int), 2 >::foo(f2,f1);
   return 0;
}


My first idea would be to split the iteration template parameter
from the actual functor types:

template<int i>
struct Loop2 {
    template<typename BaseFunc, typename InductiveFunc>
    static void foo(BaseFunc bFunc, InductiveFunc iFunc) {
      iFunc(i);
      Loop2<i-1>::foo(bFunc,iFunc);
    }
};

template<>
struct Loop2<0> {
    template<typename BaseFunc, typename InductiveFunc>
    static void foo(BaseFunc bFunc, InductiveFunc iFunc) {
      bFunc(0.123);
    }
};

int main() {
    Loop2<2>::foo(f2,f1);
}

HTH & Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel Kr?gler

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