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- /*!
- @file
- Forward declares `boost::hana::unpack`.
- @copyright Louis Dionne 2013-2017
- Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
- (See accompanying file LICENSE.md or copy at http://boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
- */
- #ifndef BOOST_HANA_FWD_UNPACK_HPP
- #define BOOST_HANA_FWD_UNPACK_HPP
- #include <boost/hana/config.hpp>
- #include <boost/hana/core/when.hpp>
- BOOST_HANA_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
- //! Invoke a function with the elements of a Foldable as arguments.
- //! @ingroup group-Foldable
- //!
- //! Given a function and a foldable structure whose length can be known at
- //! compile-time, `unpack` invokes the function with the contents of that
- //! structure. In other words, `unpack(xs, f)` is equivalent to `f(x...)`,
- //! where `x...` are the elements of the structure. The length of the
- //! structure must be known at compile-time, because the version of `f`'s
- //! `operator()` that will be compiled depends on the number of arguments
- //! it is called with, which has to be known at compile-time.
- //!
- //! To create a function that accepts a foldable instead of variadic
- //! arguments, see `fuse` instead.
- //!
- //!
- //! @param xs
- //! The structure to expand into the function.
- //!
- //! @param f
- //! A function to be invoked as `f(x...)`, where `x...` are the elements
- //! of the structure as-if they had been linearized with `to<tuple_tag>`.
- //!
- //!
- //! Example
- //! -------
- //! @include example/unpack.cpp
- //!
- //!
- //! Rationale: `unpack`'s name and parameter order
- //! ----------------------------------------------
- //! It has been suggested a couple of times that `unpack` be called
- //! `apply` instead, and that the parameter order be reversed to match
- //! that of the [proposed std::apply function][1]. However, the name
- //! `apply` is already used to denote normal function application, an use
- //! which is consistent with the Boost MPL library and with the rest of
- //! the world, especially the functional programming community.
- //! Furthermore, the author of this library considers the proposed
- //! `std::apply` to have both an unfortunate name and an unfortunate
- //! parameter order. Indeed, taking the function as the first argument
- //! means that using `std::apply` with a lambda function looks like
- //! @code
- //! std::apply([](auto ...args) {
- //! use(args...);
- //! }, tuple);
- //! @endcode
- //!
- //! which is undeniably ugly because of the trailing `, tuple)` part
- //! on the last line. On the other hand, taking the function as a
- //! second argument allows one to write
- //! @code
- //! hana::unpack(tuple, [](auto ...args) {
- //! use(args...);
- //! });
- //! @endcode
- //!
- //! which looks much nicer. Because of these observations, the author
- //! of this library feels justified to use `unpack` instead of `apply`,
- //! and to use a sane parameter order.
- //!
- //! [1]: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/experimental/apply
- #ifdef BOOST_HANA_DOXYGEN_INVOKED
- constexpr auto unpack = [](auto&& xs, auto&& f) -> decltype(auto) {
- return tag-dispatched;
- };
- #else
- template <typename T, typename = void>
- struct unpack_impl : unpack_impl<T, when<true>> { };
- struct unpack_t {
- template <typename Xs, typename F>
- constexpr decltype(auto) operator()(Xs&& xs, F&& f) const;
- };
- constexpr unpack_t unpack{};
- #endif
- BOOST_HANA_NAMESPACE_END
- #endif // !BOOST_HANA_FWD_UNPACK_HPP
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