Can someone recommend a more elegant way to achieve these compile-time constants?
template <int> struct Map;
template <> struct Map<0> {static const int value = 4;};
template <> struct Map<1> {static const int value = 8;};
template <> struct Map<2> {static const int value = 15;};
template <int> struct MapInverse;
template <> struct MapInverse<4> {static const int value = 0;};
template <> struct MapInverse<8> {static const int value = 1;};
template <> struct MapInverse<15> {static const int value = 2;};
The values need to be constexpr in my program, yet the inverse mapped values are getting tedious to update (and easy to make mistakes or forget to do even).
Another TMP approach for a linear search using C++11:
#include <type_traits>
// === Types:
// Usage:
// Function<Map<x1,y1>,Map<x2,y2>,...>
template<int D, int R> struct Map { enum { domain=D, range=R }; };
template<typename ...A> struct Function {};
// === Metafunctions:
// Usage:
// ApplyFunction<x,F>::value
template<int I, typename M> struct ApplyFunction;
// Usage:
// ApplyFunctionInverse<x,F>::value
template<int I, typename M> struct ApplyFunctionInverse;
// ==== Example:
// Define function M to the mapping in your original post.
typedef Function<Map<0,4>,Map<1,8>,Map<2,15>> M;
// ==== Implementation details
template<typename T> struct Identity { typedef T type; };
template<int I, typename A, typename ...B> struct ApplyFunction<I, Function<A,B...> > {
typedef typename
std::conditional <I==A::domain
, Identity<A>
, ApplyFunction<I,Function<B...>> >::type meta;
typedef typename meta::type type;
enum { value = type::range };
};
template<int I, typename A> struct ApplyFunction<I, Function<A>> {
typedef typename
std::conditional <I==A::domain
, Identity<A>
, void>::type meta;
typedef typename meta::type type;
enum { value = type::range };
};
// Linear search by range
template<int I, typename A> struct ApplyFunctionInverse<I, Function<A>> {
typedef typename
std::conditional <I==A::range
, Identity<A>
, void>::type meta;
typedef typename meta::type type;
enum { value = type::domain };
};
template<int I, typename A, typename ...B> struct ApplyFunctionInverse<I, Function<A,B...> > {
typedef typename
std::conditional <I==A::range
, Identity<A>
, ApplyFunctionInverse<I,Function<B...>> >::type meta;
typedef typename meta::type type;
enum { value = type::domain };
};
// ==============================
// Demonstration
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
// Applying function M
std::cout << ApplyFunction<0,M>::value << std::endl;
std::cout << ApplyFunction<1,M>::value << std::endl;
std::cout << ApplyFunction<2,M>::value << std::endl;
// Applying function inverse M
std::cout << ApplyFunctionInverse<4,M>::value << std::endl;
std::cout << ApplyFunctionInverse<8,M>::value << std::endl;
std::cout << ApplyFunctionInverse<15,M>::value << std::endl;
}
I prefer zch's C++11 solution for this application, but maybe someone will find value in this approach.