Consider the following example:
#include <iostream>
#include <numeric>
#include <array>
#include <type_traits>
// Array: I cannot modify this class
template<typename T, unsigned int N>
class Array
{
public:
Array() : _data() {std::iota(std::begin(_data), std::end(_data), 0);}
inline T& operator[](unsigned int i) {return _data[i];}
inline const T& operator[](unsigned int i) const {return _data[i];}
static constexpr unsigned int size() {return N;}
protected:
T _data[N];
};
// Test function: How to get the type returned by T::operator[](unsigned int) ?
template<typename T>
typename std::result_of<T::operator[](const unsigned int)>::type f(const T& x)
{
return x[0];
}
// Main
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
Array<double, 5> x;
std::array<double, 5> y = {{0}};
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < x.size(); ++i) std::cout<<x[i]<<std::endl;
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < y.size(); ++i) std::cout<<y[i]<<std::endl;
std::cout<<f(x)<<std::endl;
std::cout<<f(y)<<std::endl;
return 0;
}
Is there any way to get the type returned by T::operator[](unsigned int)
?
Currently, g++ says: argument in position '1' is not a potential constant expression
The easiest way would be using the trailing-return-type, which allows you to access the function parameters, together with decltype
, which allows you to get the type of an expression.
template<typename T>
auto f(const T& x) -> decltype(x[0])
{
return x[0];
}