Could you tell me why the following code fails to compile (with "no matching overloaded function found" in MSVC):
template<typename V>
struct LinearModel { // has basis vectors
template<typename T = V>
auto consolidation() const -> decltype(std::declval<T>() += (std::declval<T>() *= double())) {
V linearCombination;
// linearly combine basis vectors using += and *=
return linearCombination;
}
};
int main(){
LinearModel<double> lm;
auto c = lm.consolidation(); // the line that produces the error
return 0;
}
My intention is to define LinearModel<T>::consolidation()
only for T
that have T& operator *=(double)
and T& operator +=(T)
.
declval
for T
returns T&&
, it is not allowed to assign result of *=
(or other assignment operations) to R-value.
If you want to get Lvalue use: declval<T&>()
:
-> std::remove_reference_t<decltype(std::declval<T&>() += (std::declval<T&>() *= double{}))>