I want to detect at compile time if a given type has the pre-increment operator with the library fundamentals TS v2 type_traits' is_detected_exact helper - however, it seems like I either misunderstood this helper or I supplied the wrong parameters, the following code does not compile:
#include <experimental/type_traits>
template<typename T>
using operator_plusplus_t = decltype(&T::operator++);
template<typename T>
using has_pre_increment = std::experimental::is_detected_exact<T&, operator_plusplus_t, T>;
struct incrementer
{
incrementer& operator++() { return *this; };
};
static_assert(has_pre_increment<incrementer>::value, "type does not have pre increment");
The error I get is this one (the static_assert fails):
<source>:14:15: error: static assertion failed: type does not have pre increment
static_assert(has_pre_increment<incrementer>::value, "type does not have pre increment");
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Compiler returned: 1
I was expecting this code to compile since the "incrementer" struct has a operator++ method with no arguments returning a reference to its type ...
Maybe you can point me in the right direction, thanks in advance!
You can use decltype(++std::declval<T>())
instead.