lumiera_/research/try.cpp
2014-09-22 03:37:07 +02:00

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/* try.cpp - for trying out some language features....
* scons will create the binary bin/try
*
*/
// 8/07 - how to control NOBUG??
// execute with NOBUG_LOG='ttt:TRACE' bin/try
// 1/08 - working out a static initialisation problem for Visitor (Tag creation)
// 1/08 - check 64bit longs
// 4/08 - comparison operators on shared_ptr<Asset>
// 4/08 - conversions on the value_type used for boost::any
// 5/08 - how to guard a downcasting access, so it is compiled in only if the involved types are convertible
// 7/08 - combining partial specialisation and subclasses
// 10/8 - abusing the STL containers to hold noncopyable values
// 6/09 - investigating how to build a mixin template providing an operator bool()
// 12/9 - tracking down a strange "warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type"
// 1/10 - can we determine at compile time the presence of a certain function (for duck-typing)?
// 4/10 - pretty printing STL containers with python enabled GDB?
// 1/11 - exploring numeric limits
// 1/11 - integer floor and wrap operation(s)
// 1/11 - how to fetch the path of the own executable -- at least under Linux?
// 10/11 - simple demo using a pointer and a struct
// 11/11 - using the boost random number generator(s)
// 12/11 - how to detect if string conversion is possible?
// 1/12 - is partial application of member functions possible?
// 5/14 - c++11 transition: detect empty function object
// 7/14 - c++11 transition: std hash function vs. boost hash
// 9/14 - variadic templates and perfect forwarding
/** @file try.cpp
** Investigation: pitfalls of "perfect forwarding".
** Find out about the corner cases where chained argument forwarding
** does not work as expected. The key point is to put close attention on the
** template parameters we're passing on to the next lower layer. It is crucial
** either to add the reference explicitly, or to have it included implicitly
** by relying on the way how template params are matched on function calls:
** - lvalue -> parameter becomes TY &
** - rvalue -> parameter becomes TY
**
** In this final stage, the example shows what happens if we erroneously fail
** to take the variadic arguments by '&&' on forwarding: we end-up with a
** slicing copy to the base class.
**
*/
#include "lib/test/test-helper.hpp"
#include "lib/util.hpp"
#include <cstddef>
#include <utility>
#include <iostream>
#include <functional>
#include <string>
using std::string;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
class Interface
{
public:
Interface(){}
Interface(Interface const& o) { cout << "COPY.CT from "<<&o<<" !!!\n"; }
Interface(Interface const&& o) { cout << "MOVE.CT from "<<&o<<" !!!\n"; }
Interface&
operator= (Interface const& o) { cout << "COPY= from "<<&o<<" !!!\n"; return *this; }
Interface&
operator= (Interface const&& o) { cout << "MOVE= from "<<&o<<" !!!\n"; return *this; }
virtual ~Interface() { }
virtual string op() const
{
return "happy SLICING";
}
};
class Impl
: public Interface
{
string s_;
string
op() const override
{
return s_;
}
public:
Impl(string ss ="IMP")
: s_(ss)
{ }
};
template<typename X>
string
showRefRRefVal()
{
return std::is_lvalue_reference<X>::value? " by REF"
: std::is_rvalue_reference<X>::value? " by MOVE": " VAL";
}
template<typename... XS>
void
diagnostics (string id, XS const&... xs)
{
cout << "--"<<id<<"--\n"
<< lib::test::showVariadicTypes<XS...>(xs...)
<< "\n"
;
}
void
invoke (Interface const& ref)
{
using Ty = Interface const&;
diagnostics<Ty> ("Invoke", ref);
cout << "instanceof Impl?" << bool(INSTANCEOF(Impl, &ref)) <<"\n";
cout << "________________"
<< ref.op()
<< "____\n";
}
template<class FUN, typename...ARG>
void
indirect_1 (FUN fun, ARG... args) // NOTE: erroneously taking ARG as-is, which results in taking BY VALUE when used in the forwarding chain!
{
diagnostics<ARG...> ("Indirect-1", args...);
fun (args...);
}
template<class FUN, typename...ARG>
void
indirect_2 (FUN fun, ARG&&... args)
{
diagnostics<ARG&&...> ("Indirect-2", args...);
indirect_1 (fun, std::forward<ARG>(args)...);
}
int
main (int, char**)
{
Impl obj;
Interface const& ref = obj;
cout << "before call. Address... "<<&ref<<"\n";
std::function<void(Interface const&)> fun(invoke);
indirect_2 (fun, ref);
indirect_2 (fun, Impl("honk"));
cout << "\n.gulp.\n";
return 0;
}