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C++11 templated function with rvalue param call


In some class O, I have templated function test2:

struct A{int value;};

struct O{
    A value;

    template<typename Args>
    static void test2(Args &&args){
        std::cout << std::endl << "!!!" << std::is_rvalue_reference<decltype(args)>::value << std::endl;
    }
};

Than, I want to call this function from another one:

template<typename Args>
void test(Args &&args){
    using t = decltype(std::forward<Args>(args).value);
    std::cout << std::is_rvalue_reference<decltype(args)>::value;
    std::cout << std::is_rvalue_reference<decltype(std::forward<Args>(args).value)>::value;
    std::cout << std::is_rvalue_reference<t>::value;

    // All ok
    O.test2(std::forward<Args>(args).value);            

    // Alvays rvalue, even if agrs is lvalue
    O::template test2<t>(
        std::forward<t>(
            std::forward<Args>(args).value
        )
    );

   // Nor work at all, cant cast A to A&&
   O::template test2<t>(
        std::forward<Args>(args).value
    );
);

}

http://coliru.stacked-crooked.com/a/3bbf040904845a54

If I just pass std::forward<Args>(args).value without specifying template type, it deduce type correctly, but what if I have to pass type, how should I call function than?

It seems I can't manually deduce type correctly.


UPDATE

I need to specify arguments explicitly, because I have function like this (pseudo-code):

//initially call wind from somewhere.

// Tuple defined in class and is std::tuple
template<class Callback, class ...Args>
void wind(Tuple&& tuple, Callback &&callback){   
    using elementT = decltype(std::get<index>(std::forward<Tuple>(tuple)));

    ///
    /// !!! Problem here !!!
    ///
    callback.template operator()<elementT, Args...>(  std::get<index>(std::forward<Tuple>(tuple))  );              // std::get automatically return &/&&

   // recursivly call wind until the end
   wind<Callback, Args...>( std::forward<Tuple>(tuple), std::forward<Callback>(callback));
}

// callback looks like:
struct CallMe{   
  // Args provide type info. No function arguments here.
  template<class Data, class ...Args>
  void operator(Data &&data){

  }
}

This question related to call both - wind and callback() functions.


Solution

  • Based on knowledge that objects, inside rvalue referenced object, also rvalue referenced. I decide to ended up with this (inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/a/24083200/1559666):

    template<class T, class FieldT>
    using addRefU = typename std::conditional<
                                std::is_rvalue_reference<T>::value,
                                typename std::add_rvalue_reference< FieldT >::type,
                                typename std::conditional<
                                    std::is_rvalue_reference<FieldT>::value,
                                    typename std::add_rvalue_reference< FieldT >::type,
                                    typename std::add_lvalue_reference< FieldT >::type
                                >::type
                            >::type;
    

        T           T::value(FieldT)    resolve
    ------------------------------------------------------------
     rvalue         lvalue              rvalue
     rvalue         rvalue              rvalue
     lvalue         rvalue              rvalue
     lvalue         lvalue              lvalue
    

    using t = addRefU<decltype(args), decltype(args.value)>;
    O::template test2<t>(
        static_cast<t>(args.value)
    );
    

    http://coliru.stacked-crooked.com/a/40d10f5a2f45c288

    Short enough, as for me.

    P.S. If someone have some precautions about this, I would gladly listen to them.