LUMIERA.clone/research/try.cpp
Ichthyostega 2533565f83 Research: probing a generic lambda is not possible
...since all those metaprogramming techniques rely on SFINAE,
but *instantiating* a template means to compile it, which is more
than just substituate a type into the signature

If forming the signature fails -> SFINAE, try next one
If instantiating a template fails -> compile error, abort
2017-11-24 23:48:56 +01:00

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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
// 11/14 - pointer to member functions and name mangling
// 8/15 - Segfault when loading into GDB (on Debian/Jessie 64bit
// 8/15 - generalising the Variant::Visitor
// 1/16 - generic to-string conversion for ostream
// 1/16 - build tuple from runtime-typed variant container
// 3/17 - generic function signature traits, including support for Lambdas
// 9/17 - manipulate variadic templates to treat varargs in several chunks
// 11/17 - metaprogramming to detect the presence of extension points
// 11/17 - detect generic lambda
/** @file try.cpp
** Metaprogramming: is it possible to distinguish a generic lambda from something not a function at all?
** Answer: not really. We can only ever check for the function call operator.
** Even worse: if we instantiate a templated function call operator with unsuitable parameter types,
** the compilation as such fails. Whereas SFINAE is only limited to substituting a type signature.
*/
typedef unsigned int uint;
#include "lib/format-cout.hpp"
#include "lib/format-util.hpp"
#include "lib/meta/function.hpp"
#include "lib/test/test-helper.hpp"
//#include <functional>
#include <utility>
#include <string>
using lib::meta::No_t;
using lib::meta::Yes_t;
using lib::meta::_Fun;
using lib::test::showSizeof;
using std::function;
using std::forward;
using std::move;
using std::string;
namespace lib {
namespace meta{
template<class FUN, typename...ARGS>
struct ProbeFunctionInvocation
{
using Ret = decltype(std::declval<FUN>() (std::declval<ARGS>()...));
using Args = Types<ARGS...>;
using Sig = Ret(ARGS...);
};
template<typename FUN, typename...ARGS>
class can_Invoke
{
template<typename FF,
typename SEL = decltype(std::declval<FF>() (std::declval<ARGS>()...))>
struct Probe
{ };
template<class X>
static Yes_t check(Probe<X> * );
template<class>
static No_t check(...);
public:
static const bool value = (sizeof(Yes_t)==sizeof(check<FUN>(0)));
};
template<class FUN, typename TYPES, typename SEL =void>
struct ProbeFunctionArgument
{
static_assert(not sizeof(FUN), "Tilt");
};
template<class FUN, typename T, typename TYPES>
struct ProbeFunctionArgument<FUN, Node<T,TYPES>, enable_if<can_Invoke<FUN,T>> >
: ProbeFunctionInvocation<FUN,T>
{ };
template<class FUN, typename T, typename TYPES>
struct ProbeFunctionArgument<FUN, Node<T,TYPES>, disable_if<can_Invoke<FUN,T>> >
: ProbeFunctionArgument<FUN, TYPES>
{
};
}}
using lib::meta::Types;
using lib::meta::can_Invoke;
using lib::meta::ProbeFunctionArgument;
#define SHOW_TYPE(_TY_) \
cout << "typeof( " << STRINGIFY(_TY_) << " )= " << lib::meta::typeStr<_TY_>() <<endl;
#define SHOW_EXPR(_XX_) \
cout << "Probe " << STRINGIFY(_XX_) << " ? = " << _XX_ <<endl;
int
main (int, char**)
{
auto lamb1 = [](int i) { return double(i) / (i*i); };
auto lamb2 = [](auto i) { return double(i) / (i*i); };
SHOW_TYPE (decltype(lamb1));
SHOW_TYPE (decltype(lamb2));
SHOW_EXPR ((can_Invoke<decltype(lamb1), string>::value));
SHOW_EXPR ((can_Invoke<decltype(lamb2), int>::value ));
using InferredSIG = typename ProbeFunctionArgument<decltype(lamb1), typename Types<string,long,int>::List>::Sig;
//NOTE does not work with the generic lamb2, because instantiating lab2(string) would be a *compile* error, not a substitution failure
SHOW_TYPE (InferredSIG);
cout << "\n.gulp.\n";
return 0;
}