// Copyright Louis Dionne 2013-2016 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. // (See accompanying file LICENSE.md or copy at http://boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // Make sure assert always triggers an assertion #ifdef NDEBUG # undef NDEBUG #endif ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Important: Keep this file in sync with the Overview in the README ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #include #include #include namespace hana = boost::hana; using namespace hana::literals; struct Fish { std::string name; }; struct Cat { std::string name; }; struct Dog { std::string name; }; int main() { // Sequences capable of holding heterogeneous objects, and algorithms // to manipulate them. auto animals = hana::make_tuple(Fish{"Nemo"}, Cat{"Garfield"}, Dog{"Snoopy"}); auto names = hana::transform(animals, [](auto a) { return a.name; }); assert(hana::reverse(names) == hana::make_tuple("Snoopy", "Garfield", "Nemo")); // No compile-time information is lost: even if `animals` can't be a // constant expression because it contains strings, its length is constexpr. static_assert(hana::length(animals) == 3u, ""); // Computations on types can be performed with the same syntax as that of // normal C++. Believe it or not, everything is done at compile-time. auto animal_types = hana::make_tuple(hana::type_c, hana::type_c, hana::type_c); auto animal_ptrs = hana::filter(animal_types, [](auto a) { return hana::traits::is_pointer(a); }); static_assert(animal_ptrs == hana::make_tuple(hana::type_c, hana::type_c), ""); // And many other goodies to make your life easier, including: // 1. Access to elements in a tuple with a sane syntax. static_assert(animal_ptrs[0_c] == hana::type_c, ""); static_assert(animal_ptrs[1_c] == hana::type_c, ""); // 2. Unroll loops at compile-time without hassle. std::string s; hana::int_c<10>.times([&]{ s += "x"; }); // equivalent to s += "x"; s += "x"; ... s += "x"; // 3. Easily check whether an expression is valid. // This is usually achieved with complex SFINAE-based tricks. auto has_name = hana::is_valid([](auto&& x) -> decltype((void)x.name) { }); static_assert(has_name(animals[0_c]), ""); static_assert(!has_name(1), ""); }