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[OT] Re: macro

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On 01/20/12 03:08 PM, Ian Collins wrote:
> On 01/19/12 10:09 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
>>
>> Here is a requirement:
>>
>>     or(x, y)
>>
>> This must evaluate X.  If X is nonzero, then the value X is the result, and Y
>> is not evaluated. Otherwise the result is the value of Y.  X is evaluated
>> exactly once, and Y at most once.
>>
>> Good luck making a function for this.  Or even an entirely clean macro,
>> for that matter.
>>
>> (Is that really "poor" man's template, by the way? Okay, show me the "rich"
>> man's C++ template for it, then.)
>
> Not really, at least for c++03.  With C++0x I guess you could use a
> simple variable arguments template if both expressions are the same type:
>
> template<typename Fn, typename... Args>
> bool do_or( bool b, Fn fn, Args... args)
> {
>     if( b ) return b;
>
>     return fn( args... );
> }
>
> Life gets more interesting when they are different types.

I couldn't resist following this up, so here's a rather OT C++0x solution:

template <typename X, typename Y, typename... Args>
auto do_or( X x, Y y, Args... args ) -> decltype(x+y( args...))
{
   if( x ) return x;

   return y( args...);
}

-- 
Ian Collins

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