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Re: std::ranges::get

From: Desmond Gold Bongcawel <desmondbongcawel922_at_[hidden]>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:22:56 +0800
additional constraints upon calling std::ranges::get<I>:
- std::tuple_element<I, std::remove_cv_t<Tup>> or std::tuple_element_t<I,
std::remove_cvref_t<Tup>> must be a well-formed type.
- std::tuple_size<std::remove_cv_t<Tup>> or
std::tuple_size<std::remove_cvref_t<T>> must also be a well-formed type.
- I < std::tuple_size_v<std::remove_cvref_t<Tup>> must be true.

On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 10:08 AM Desmond Gold Bongcawel <
desmondbongcawel922_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> get has been defined as a function template in std::ranges for
> std::ranges::subrange to obtain the pair of iterator and sentinel for
> structured binding support. (if necessary)
>
> My suggestion is that "get" for std::ranges::subrange should be defined in
> namespace std for the CPO purposes of std::ranges::get or may be defined as
> a member function template.
>
> std::ranges::get will be redefined its name as a *customization point
> object.*
>
> From the following definition, get is defined as a variable template where
> the non-type template parameter I denotes the index of the tuple-like
> object.
> inline namespace /* unspecified */ {
> template <size_t I>
> inline constexpr /* unspecified */ get = /* unspecified */;
> }
>
> A call to std::ranges::get
> 1. is expression-equivalent to "return get<I>(std::forward<Tup>(tup))"
> - where any declarations of get with appropriate template arguments
> can be found in ADL.
> 2. otherwise, is expression-equivalent to "return
> std::forward<Tup>(tup).template get<I>()"
> - where get is a member function template with appropriate template
> arguments.
> 3. otherwise, if the type is equal to an array type, then it is
> expression-equivalent to "return tup[i]"
>
> The potential benefits of std::ranges::get are to be encouraged used for
> functions that use std::get for tuple-like to support user-defined types
> such as std::apply in which internally used std::get where it prevents from
> passing a user-defined type that has no std::get overload.
>

Received on 2021-10-25 21:23:17