I want to fill the template parameters passed to a variadic template into an array with fixed length. For that purpose I wrote the following helper function templates
template<typename ForwardIterator, typename T>
void fill(ForwardIterator i) { }
template<typename ForwardIterator, typename T, T head, T... tail>
void fill(ForwardIterator i) {
*i = head;
fill<ForwardIterator, T, tail...>(++i);
}
the following class template
template<typename T, T... args>
struct params_to_array;
template<typename T, T last>
struct params_to_array<T, last> {
static const std::size_t SIZE = 1;
typedef std::array<T, SIZE> array_type;
static const array_type params;
private:
void init_params() {
array_type result;
fill<typename array_type::iterator, T, head, tail...>(result.begin());
return result;
}
};
template<typename T, T head, T... tail>
struct params_to_array<T, head, tail...> {
static const std::size_t SIZE = params_to_array<T, tail...>::SIZE + 1;
typedef std::array<T, SIZE> array_type;
static const array_type params;
private:
void init_params() {
array_type result;
fill<typename array_type::iterator, T, last>(result.begin());
return result;
}
};
and initialized the static constants via
template<typename T, T last>
const typename param_to_array<T, last>::array_type
param_to_array<T, last>::params =
param_to_array<T, last>::init_params();
and
template<typename T, T head, T... tail>
const typename param_to_array<T, head, tail...>::array_type
param_to_array<T, head, tail...>::params =
param_to_array<T, head, tail...>::init_params();
Now the array
param_to_array<int, 1, 3, 4>::params
is a std::array<int, 3> and contains the values 1, 3 and 4. I think there must be a simpler way to achieve this behavior. Any suggestions?
Edit: As Noah Roberts suggested in his answer I modified my program like the following: I wrote a new struct counting the elements in a parameter list:
template<typename T, T... args>
struct count;
template<typename T, T head, T... tail>
struct count<T, head, tail...> {
static const std::size_t value = count<T, tail...>::value + 1;
};
template<typename T, T last>
stuct count<T, last> {
static const std::size_t value = 1;
};
and wrote the following function
template<typename T, T... args>
std::array<T, count<T, args...>::value>
params_to_array() {
std::array<T, count<T, args...>::value> result;
fill<typename std::array<T, count<T, args...>::value>::iterator,
T, args...>(result.begin());
return result;
}
Now I get with
params_to_array<int, 10, 20, 30>()
a std::array<int, 3> with the content 10, 20 and 30. Any further suggestions?
