Re: tuples in C++11

From:
Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:33:06 -0400
Message-ID:
<k0e5l3$d1t$1@dont-email.me>
On 8/14/2012 2:17 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:

Suppose I have the following:

int main()
{
         typedef boost::tuple<int, int, int> tuple3;
         std::vector<tuple3> tuples;

         tuples.push_back(tuple3(1, 2, 3));
         tuples.push_back(tuple3(7, 8, 9));
         tuples.push_back(tuple3(4, 5, 6));

         for (auto& i : tuples)
                 std::cout << i.get<0>() << " " << i.get<1>() << " " <<
i.get<2>() << '\n';

         return 0;
}

Is it even possible to have something like this:

for (auto& i : tuples)
{
         for (unsigned j = 0; j < 3; ++j)
         {
                 std::cout << i.get<j>();
                 if (j < 3)
                         std::cout << " ";
         }

         std::cout << '\n';
}

When I try it, GCC 4.6.3 says it's illegal to have an non constant
expression as in 'i.get<j>'. Are there any workarounds for this one?


No, there are no work-arounds. But this really have nothing to do with
tuples or C++ 11.

You will get the same/similar error in this code:

    #include <iostream>

    template<int i> int foo() { return i*42; }

    int main() {
       for (int j = 0; j < 3; ++j)
          std::cout << foo<j>() << std::endl;
    }

The template argument for 'foo' can only be a const expression. A
run-time expression ('j') cannot be used.

You *could* write an adapter function, something like

    template<class Tup> int Tget(Tup const& tup, int j)
    {
       switch (j)
       {
          case 0: return tup.get<0>();
          case 1: return tup.get<1>();
          ....
    }

and then use it

     std::cout << Tget(i, j) << ...

but that kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

V
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