utl/include/utl/meta/integral.h

/*!
 * \file    integralconstant.h
 * \brief   Template meta-programming integral constant
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2018 Christos Choutouridis
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#ifndef __utl_meta_integralconstant_h__
#define __utl_meta_integralconstant_h__

#include <utl/core/impl.h>


/*!
 * \ingroup meta
 * \defgroup integral
 * integral constant support header
 */
//! @{

namespace utl {
namespace meta {

   //! Empty type
   struct nil_ { };

   //! Type alias for \p _Tp::type. Used to extract return type of metafunctions
   template <typename _Tp>
   using type_ = typename _Tp::type;

   //! integral_constant
   //! An Integral Constant is a holder class for a compile-time value of an integral type.
   //! Every Integral Constant is also a nullary Metafunction, returning itself.
   //! An integral constant object is implicitly convertible to the corresponding
   //! run-time value of the wrapped integral type
   //! @{
   template <typename _Tp, _Tp _v>
   struct integral_constant {
      using value_type = _Tp;
      using type       = integral_constant<_Tp, _v>;

      constexpr operator value_type() const noexcept {
         return value;
      }
      constexpr value_type operator()() const noexcept {
         return value;
      }
      static constexpr _Tp value = _v;
   };

   template<typename _Tp, _Tp _v>
   constexpr _Tp integral_constant<_Tp, _v>::value;
   //! @}

   //! Wrappers for basic types
   //! @{

   //! integral constant
   template <typename _Tp, _Tp _v>
   using integral_c = integral_constant<_Tp, _v>;

   //! bool_ type: integral constant wrapper for bool
   template<bool _v>
   using bool_ = integral_c<bool, _v>;

   using true_ = bool_<true>; //!< The type used as a compile-time boolean with true value.
   using false_ = bool_<false>; //!< The type used as a compile-time boolean with false value.

   //! char_ type: integral constant wrapper for \c char
   template<char _v>
   using char_ = integral_c<char, _v>;

   //! int_ type: integral constant wrapper for \c int
   template<int _v>
   using int_ = integral_c<int, _v>;

   //! long_ type: integral constant wrapper for \c long
   template<long _v>
   using long_ = integral_c<long, _v>;

   //! index_t_ type: integral constant wrapper for \c index_t a.k.a std::size_t
   template<index_t _v>
   using index_t_ = integral_c<index_t, _v>;

   //! size_t_ type: integral constant wrapper for \c size_t a.k.a std::size_t
   template<size_t _v>
   using size_t_ = integral_constant<size_t, _v>;

   //! Computes the size of the type \p _Tp.
   //! Complexity \f$ O(1) \f$.
   template <typename _Tp>
   using sizeof_ = size_t_<sizeof(_Tp)>;

   //! Computes the alignment required for any instance of the type \p _Tp.
   //! Complexity \f$ O(1) \f$.
   template <typename _Tp>
   using alignof_ = size_t_<alignof(_Tp)>;
   //! @}

   //! The last position we can express for indexing
   using Npos = size_t_<index_t(-1)>;

}}
//!@}

#endif /* __utl_meta_integralconstant_h__ */