2003-12-26 Guilhem Lavaux <guilhem@kaffe.org>
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1 // The -*- C++ -*- type traits classes for internal use in libstdc++
3 // Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 //
5 // This file is part of the GNU ISO C++ Library. This library is free
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22 // library without restriction. Specifically, if other files instantiate
23 // templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile
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30 // Written by Gabriel Dos Reis <dosreis@cmla.ens-cachan.fr>
32 /** @file cpp_type_traits.h
33 * This is an internal header file, included by other library headers.
34 * You should not attempt to use it directly.
37 #ifndef _CPP_TYPE_TRAITS_H
38 #define _CPP_TYPE_TRAITS_H 1
40 #pragma GCC system_header
43 // This file provides some compile-time information about various types.
44 // These representations were designed, on purpose, to be constant-expressions
45 // and not types as found in <stl/bits/type_traits.h>. In particular, they
46 // can be used in control structures and the optimizer hopefully will do
47 // the obvious thing.
49 // Why integral expressions, and not functions nor types?
50 // Firstly, these compile-time entities are used as template-arguments
51 // so function return values won't work: We need compile-time entities.
52 // We're left with types and constant integral expressions.
53 // Secondly, from the point of view of ease of use, type-based compile-time
54 // information is -not- *that* convenient. On has to write lots of
55 // overloaded functions and to hope that the compiler will select the right
56 // one. As a net effect, the overall structure isn't very clear at first
57 // glance.
58 // Thirdly, partial ordering and overload resolution (of function templates)
59 // is highly costly in terms of compiler-resource. It is a Good Thing to
60 // keep these resource consumption as least as possible.
62 // See valarray_array.h for a case use.
64 // -- Gaby (dosreis@cmla.ens-cachan.fr) 2000-03-06.
67 namespace std
69 // Compare for equality of types.
70 template<typename, typename>
71 struct __are_same
73 enum
75 _M_type = 0
79 template<typename _Tp>
80 struct __are_same<_Tp, _Tp>
82 enum
84 _M_type = 1
88 // Define a nested type if some predicate holds.
89 template<typename, bool>
90 struct __enable_if
94 template<typename _Tp>
95 struct __enable_if<_Tp, true>
97 typedef _Tp _M_type;
100 // Holds if the template-argument is a void type.
101 template<typename _Tp>
102 struct __is_void
104 enum
106 _M_type = 0
110 template<>
111 struct __is_void<void>
113 enum
115 _M_type = 1
120 // Integer types
122 template<typename _Tp>
123 struct __is_integer
125 enum
127 _M_type = 0
131 // Thirteen specializations (yes there are eleven standard integer
132 // types; 'long long' and 'unsigned long long' are supported as
133 // extensions)
134 template<>
135 struct __is_integer<bool>
137 enum
139 _M_type = 1
143 template<>
144 struct __is_integer<char>
146 enum
148 _M_type = 1
152 template<>
153 struct __is_integer<signed char>
155 enum
157 _M_type = 1
161 template<>
162 struct __is_integer<unsigned char>
164 enum
166 _M_type = 1
170 # ifdef _GLIBCXX_USE_WCHAR_T
171 template<>
172 struct __is_integer<wchar_t>
174 enum
176 _M_type = 1
179 # endif
181 template<>
182 struct __is_integer<short>
184 enum
186 _M_type = 1
190 template<>
191 struct __is_integer<unsigned short>
193 enum
195 _M_type = 1
199 template<>
200 struct __is_integer<int>
202 enum
204 _M_type = 1
208 template<>
209 struct __is_integer<unsigned int>
211 enum
213 _M_type = 1
217 template<>
218 struct __is_integer<long>
220 enum
222 _M_type = 1
226 template<>
227 struct __is_integer<unsigned long>
229 enum
231 _M_type = 1
235 template<>
236 struct __is_integer<long long>
238 enum
240 _M_type = 1
244 template<>
245 struct __is_integer<unsigned long long>
247 enum
249 _M_type = 1
254 // Floating point types
256 template<typename _Tp>
257 struct __is_floating
259 enum
261 _M_type = 0
265 // three specializations (float, double and 'long double')
266 template<>
267 struct __is_floating<float>
269 enum
271 _M_type = 1
275 template<>
276 struct __is_floating<double>
278 enum
280 _M_type = 1
284 template<>
285 struct __is_floating<long double>
287 enum
289 _M_type = 1
294 // An arithmetic type is an integer type or a floating point type
296 template<typename _Tp>
297 struct __is_arithmetic
299 enum
301 _M_type = __is_integer<_Tp>::_M_type || __is_floating<_Tp>::_M_type
306 // A fundamental type is `void' or and arithmetic type
308 template<typename _Tp>
309 struct __is_fundamental
311 enum
313 _M_type = __is_void<_Tp>::_M_type || __is_arithmetic<_Tp>::_M_type
318 // For the immediate use, the following is a good approximation
320 template<typename _Tp>
321 struct __is_pod
323 enum
325 _M_type = __is_fundamental<_Tp>::_M_type
329 } // namespace std
332 #endif //_CPP_TYPE_TRAITS_H