Re: Multiple headers, but one function body
PGK <graham.keir@gmail.com> wrote:
template <typename T> void foo(T x) { std::cout << x <<
std::endl; }
I must create:
template <> void foo(int x) { std::cout << x << std::endl; }
template <> void foo(float x) { std::cout << x << std::endl; }
template <> void foo(double x) { std::cout << x << std::endl; }
As there are often only a few different declarations, all with the
same function bodies, I'd like to avoid copying and pasting by hand.
Ideally I could do something like:
template <>
void foo(int x), void foo(float x), void foo(double x)
{ std::cout << x << std::endl; }
A function object, or proxy function will not work, as it too will
need similar multiple function bodies.
Perhaps I should define a cpreprocessor macro, but this will require
putting newline tokens at the end of each line of all (often long)
function bodies.
Are there any better methods?
Yes: Google for "explicit template instantiation".
In your case you would write:
// Template definition:
template <typename T> void foo(T x) { std::cout << x << std::endl; }
// Explicit template instantiations of foo():
template void foo(int);
template void foo(float);
template void foo(double);
Explicit template instantiation is a special syntax offered by C++ to
do exactly what you want. (It can also be used to explicitly instantiate
template classes.)
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