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boost/utility/result_of.hpp

// Boost result_of library

//  Copyright Douglas Gregor 2004. Use, modification and
//  distribution is subject to the Boost Software License, Version
//  1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

// For more information, see http://www.boost.org/libs/utility
#ifndef BOOST_RESULT_OF_HPP
#define BOOST_RESULT_OF_HPP

#include <boost/config.hpp>
#include <boost/detail/workaround.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_class.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_pointer.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_member_function_pointer.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/remove_cv.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/remove_reference.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/declval.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/conditional.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/type_identity.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/integral_constant.hpp>
#include <boost/core/enable_if.hpp>

#ifdef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
#  undef BOOST_RESULT_OF_NO_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
#  define BOOST_RESULT_OF_NO_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
#endif
#ifdef BOOST_RESULT_OF_NO_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
#  include <boost/preprocessor/cat.hpp>
#  include <boost/preprocessor/iteration/iterate.hpp>
#  include <boost/preprocessor/repetition/enum_params.hpp>
#  include <boost/preprocessor/repetition/enum_trailing_params.hpp>
#  include <boost/preprocessor/repetition/enum_binary_params.hpp>
#  include <boost/preprocessor/repetition/enum_shifted_params.hpp>
#  include <boost/preprocessor/facilities/intercept.hpp>
#endif

#ifndef BOOST_UTILITY_DOCS
#ifndef BOOST_RESULT_OF_NUM_ARGS
#  define BOOST_RESULT_OF_NUM_ARGS 16
#endif
#endif // BOOST_UTILITY_DOCS

// Use the decltype-based version of result_of by default if the compiler
// supports N3276 <http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2011/n3276.pdf>.
// The user can force the choice by defining BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_DECLTYPE,
// BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1, or BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1_WITH_DECLTYPE_FALLBACK but not more than one!
#if (defined(BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_DECLTYPE) && defined(BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1)) || \
    (defined(BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_DECLTYPE) && defined(BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1_WITH_DECLTYPE_FALLBACK)) || \
    (defined(BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1) && defined(BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1_WITH_DECLTYPE_FALLBACK))
#  error More than one of BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_DECLTYPE, BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1 and \
  BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1_WITH_DECLTYPE_FALLBACK cannot be defined at the same time.
#endif

#ifndef BOOST_UTILITY_DOCS
#ifndef BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1
#  ifndef BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_DECLTYPE
#    ifndef BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1_WITH_DECLTYPE_FALLBACK
#      ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_DECLTYPE_N3276 // this implies !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_DECLTYPE)
#        define BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_DECLTYPE
#      else
#        define BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1
#      endif
#    endif
#  endif
#endif
#endif // BOOST_UTILITY_DOCS

namespace boost {

template<typename F> struct result_of;
template<typename F> struct tr1_result_of; // a TR1-style implementation of result_of

#if !defined(BOOST_NO_SFINAE)
namespace detail {

typedef char result_of_yes_type;      // sizeof(result_of_yes_type) == 1
typedef char (&result_of_no_type)[2]; // sizeof(result_of_no_type)  == 2

template<class T> struct result_of_has_type {};

template<class T> struct result_of_has_result_type_impl
{
    template<class U> static result_of_yes_type f( result_of_has_type<typename U::result_type>* );
    template<class U> static result_of_no_type f( ... );

    typedef boost::integral_constant<bool, sizeof(f<T>(0)) == sizeof(result_of_yes_type)> type;
};

template<class T> struct result_of_has_result_type: result_of_has_result_type_impl<T>::type
{
};

// Work around a nvcc bug by only defining has_result when it's needed.
#ifdef BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_TR1_WITH_DECLTYPE_FALLBACK

template<template<class> class C> struct result_of_has_template {};

template<class T> struct result_of_has_result_impl
{
    template<class U> static result_of_yes_type f( result_of_has_template<U::template result>* );
    template<class U> static result_of_no_type f( ... );

    typedef boost::integral_constant<bool, sizeof(f<T>(0)) == sizeof(result_of_yes_type)> type;
};

template<class T> struct result_of_has_result: result_of_has_result_impl<T>::type
{
};

#endif

template<typename F, typename FArgs, bool HasResultType> struct tr1_result_of_impl;

template<typename F> struct cpp0x_result_of;

#ifdef BOOST_NO_SFINAE_EXPR

// There doesn't seem to be any other way to turn this off such that the presence of
// the user-defined operator,() below doesn't cause spurious warning all over the place,
// so unconditionally and globally turn it off. (https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/7663)
#ifdef BOOST_MSVC
#  pragma warning(disable: 4913) // user defined binary operator ',' exists but no overload could convert all operands, default built-in binary operator ',' used
#endif

struct result_of_private_type {};

struct result_of_weird_type {
  friend result_of_private_type operator,(result_of_private_type, result_of_weird_type);
};

template<typename T>
result_of_no_type result_of_is_private_type(T const &);
result_of_yes_type result_of_is_private_type(result_of_private_type);

#ifdef BOOST_MSVC
#  pragma warning(push)
#  pragma warning(disable: 4512) // assignment operator could not be generated.
#endif
template<typename C>
struct result_of_callable_class : C {
    result_of_callable_class();
    typedef result_of_private_type const &(*pfn_t)(...);
    operator pfn_t() const volatile;
};
#ifdef BOOST_MSVC
#  pragma warning(pop)
#endif

template<typename C>
struct result_of_wrap_callable_class {
  typedef result_of_callable_class<C> type;
};

template<typename C>
struct result_of_wrap_callable_class<C const> {
  typedef result_of_callable_class<C> const type;
};

template<typename C>
struct result_of_wrap_callable_class<C volatile> {
  typedef result_of_callable_class<C> volatile type;
};

template<typename C>
struct result_of_wrap_callable_class<C const volatile> {
  typedef result_of_callable_class<C> const volatile type;
};

template<typename C>
struct result_of_wrap_callable_class<C &> {
  typedef typename result_of_wrap_callable_class<C>::type &type;
};

template<typename F, bool TestCallability = true> struct cpp0x_result_of_impl;

#else // BOOST_NO_SFINAE_EXPR

template<typename T>
struct result_of_always_void
{
  typedef void type;
};

template<typename F, typename Enable = void> struct cpp0x_result_of_impl {};

#endif // BOOST_NO_SFINAE_EXPR

template<typename F>
struct result_of_void_impl
{
  typedef void type;
};

template<typename R>
struct result_of_void_impl<R (*)(void)>
{
  typedef R type;
};

template<typename R>
struct result_of_void_impl<R (&)(void)>
{
  typedef R type;
};

// Determine the return type of a function pointer or pointer to member.
template<typename F, typename FArgs>
struct result_of_pointer
  : tr1_result_of_impl<typename remove_cv<F>::type, FArgs, false> { };

template<typename F, typename FArgs>
struct tr1_result_of_impl<F, FArgs, true>
{
  typedef typename F::result_type type;
};

template<typename FArgs>
struct is_function_with_no_args : false_type {};

template<typename F>
struct is_function_with_no_args<F(void)> : true_type {};

template<typename F, typename FArgs>
struct result_of_nested_result : F::template result<FArgs>
{};

template<typename F, typename FArgs>
struct tr1_result_of_impl<F, FArgs, false>
  : conditional<is_function_with_no_args<FArgs>::value,
             result_of_void_impl<F>,
             result_of_nested_result<F, FArgs> >::type
{};

} // end namespace detail

#ifndef BOOST_RESULT_OF_NO_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
#  include <boost/utility/detail/result_of_variadic.hpp>
#else
#  define BOOST_PP_ITERATION_PARAMS_1 (3,(0,BOOST_RESULT_OF_NUM_ARGS,<boost/utility/detail/result_of_iterate.hpp>))
#  include BOOST_PP_ITERATE()
#endif

#if 0
// inform dependency trackers, as they can't see through macro includes
#include <boost/utility/detail/result_of_iterate.hpp>
#endif

#else
#  define BOOST_NO_RESULT_OF 1
#endif

}

#endif // BOOST_RESULT_OF_HPP