Re: How to convert a typedef to a std::function template argument?

From:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Daniel_Kr=FCgler?= <daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com>
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Date:
Wed, 9 May 2012 14:57:44 -0700 (PDT)
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Am 09.05.2012 21:27, schrieb Peter:

Hi Folks,

given this typedef

typedef bool (*on_hit_test_type)(widget_interactive *, point const*,
bool *);

and this member definition

std::function<bool (widget_interactive *, point const*, bool *)>
on_hit_test;

Is there a way to convert one to the other? (The typedef to the
std::function template argument or the other way round)


Do you mean something like this:

std::function<std::remove_pointer<on_hit_test_type>::type> on_hit_test;

in one direction? The other direction requires a little more efforts:
You could invent a small trait like the following

template<class>
struct function_signature;

template<class R, class... Args>
struct function_signature<std::function<R(Args...)>>
{
  typedef R type(Args...);
};

Now you are able to go backwards via:

typedef std::add_pointer<function_signature<func_type>::type>::type fu_ptr;

The following assertion should hold:

static_assert(std::is_same<fu_ptr, on_hit_test_type>::value, "");

The reason I'm asking is that I have a ton of them, and it's easy to
make errors in these somwhat duplicate constructs.

Ideally, I'd like to write one and derive the other somehow from it.


I don't understand how you mean this - how is derivation related to that?

HTH & Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel Kr?gler

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