Let us suppose that a std::tuple<some_types...> is given. I would like to create a new std::tuple whose types are the ones indexed in [0, sizeof...(some_types) - 2]. For instance, let's suppose that the starting tuple is std::tuple<int, double, bool>. I would like to obtain a sub-tuple defined as std::tuple<int, double>.
I'm quite new to variadic templates. As a first step I tried to write a struct in charge of storing the different types of the original std::tuple with the aim of creating a new tuple of the same kind (as in std::tuple<decltype(old_tuple)> new_tuple).
template<typename... types>
struct type_list;
template<typename T, typename... types>
struct type_list<T, types...> : public type_list<types...> {
typedef T type;
};
template<typename T>
struct type_list<T> {
typedef T type;
};
What I would like to do is something like:
std::tuple<type_list<bool, double, int>::type...> new_tuple // this won't work
And the next step would be of discarding the last element in the parameter pack. How can I access the several type's stored in type_list? and how to discard some of them?
Thanks.
This kind of manipulation is fairly easy with an index sequence technique: generate an index sequence with two fewer indices than your tuple, and use that sequence to select fields from the original. Using std::make_index_sequence and return type deduction from C++14:
template <typename... T, std::size_t... I>
auto subtuple_(const std::tuple<T...>& t, std::index_sequence<I...>) {
return std::make_tuple(std::get<I>(t)...);
}
template <int Trim, typename... T>
auto subtuple(const std::tuple<T...>& t) {
return subtuple_(t, std::make_index_sequence<sizeof...(T) - Trim>());
}
In C++11:
#include <cstddef> // for std::size_t
template<typename T, T... I>
struct integer_sequence {
using value_type = T;
static constexpr std::size_t size() noexcept {
return sizeof...(I);
}
};
namespace integer_sequence_detail {
template <typename, typename> struct concat;
template <typename T, T... A, T... B>
struct concat<integer_sequence<T, A...>, integer_sequence<T, B...>> {
typedef integer_sequence<T, A..., B...> type;
};
template <typename T, int First, int Count>
struct build_helper {
using type = typename concat<
typename build_helper<T, First, Count/2>::type,
typename build_helper<T, First + Count/2, Count - Count/2>::type
>::type;
};
template <typename T, int First>
struct build_helper<T, First, 1> {
using type = integer_sequence<T, T(First)>;
};
template <typename T, int First>
struct build_helper<T, First, 0> {
using type = integer_sequence<T>;
};
template <typename T, T N>
using builder = typename build_helper<T, 0, N>::type;
} // namespace integer_sequence_detail
template <typename T, T N>
using make_integer_sequence = integer_sequence_detail::builder<T, N>;
template <std::size_t... I>
using index_sequence = integer_sequence<std::size_t, I...>;
template<size_t N>
using make_index_sequence = make_integer_sequence<size_t, N>;
#include <tuple>
template <typename... T, std::size_t... I>
auto subtuple_(const std::tuple<T...>& t, index_sequence<I...>)
-> decltype(std::make_tuple(std::get<I>(t)...))
{
return std::make_tuple(std::get<I>(t)...);
}
template <int Trim, typename... T>
auto subtuple(const std::tuple<T...>& t)
-> decltype(subtuple_(t, make_index_sequence<sizeof...(T) - Trim>()))
{
return subtuple_(t, make_index_sequence<sizeof...(T) - Trim>());
}