boost/libs/proto/doc/reference/fusion.xml

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<header name="boost/proto/fusion.hpp">
  <para>Make any Proto expression a valid Fusion sequence </para>
  <namespace name="boost">
    <namespace name="proto">
      <namespace name="functional">

        <!-- proto::functional::flatten -->
        <struct name="flatten">
          <purpose>A <conceptname>PolymorphicFunctionObject</conceptname> type that returns a "flattened"
            view of a Proto expression tree. </purpose>
          <description>
            <para>
              A <conceptname>PolymorphicFunctionObject</conceptname> type that returns a "flattened" view
              of a Proto expression tree. For a tree with a top-most node tag of type
              <computeroutput>T</computeroutput>, the elements of the flattened sequence are determined by
              recursing into each child node with the same tag type and returning those nodes of different
              type. So for instance, the Proto expression tree corresponding to the expression
              <computeroutput>a | b | c</computeroutput> has a flattened view with elements [a, b, c], even
              though the tree is grouped as <computeroutput>((a | b) | c)</computeroutput>.
            </para>
            <para>
              The resulting view is a Fusion Forward Sequence.
            </para>
          </description>
          <inherit>
            <type><classname>proto::callable</classname></type>
          </inherit>
          <struct-specialization name="result">
            <template>
              <template-type-parameter name="This"/>
              <template-type-parameter name="Expr"/>
            </template>
            <specialization>
              <template-arg>This(Expr)</template-arg>
            </specialization>
            <inherit>
              <type>result&lt; This(Expr const &amp;) &gt;</type>
            </inherit>
          </struct-specialization>
          <struct-specialization name="result">
            <template>
              <template-type-parameter name="This"/>
              <template-type-parameter name="Expr"/>
            </template>
            <specialization>
              <template-arg>This(Expr &amp;)</template-arg>
            </specialization>
            <inherit>
              <type><classname>proto::result_of::flatten</classname>&lt; Expr &gt;</type>
            </inherit>
          </struct-specialization>
          <method-group name="public member functions">
            <method name="operator()" cv="const">
              <type>typename <classname>proto::result_of::flatten</classname>&lt; Expr &gt;::type const</type>
              <template>
                <template-type-parameter name="Expr"/>
              </template>
              <parameter name="expr">
                <paramtype>Expr &amp;</paramtype>
              </parameter>
              <description>
                <para>
                  Returns a Fusion Forward Sequence representing a flattened view of <computeroutput>expr</computeroutput>.
                </para>
              </description>
            </method>
            <method name="operator()" cv="const">
              <type>typename <classname>proto::result_of::flatten</classname>&lt; Expr const &gt;::type const</type>
              <template>
                <template-type-parameter name="Expr"/>
              </template>
              <parameter name="expr">
                <paramtype>Expr const &amp;</paramtype>
              </parameter>
              <description>
                <para>
                  Returns a Fusion Forward Sequence representing a flattened view of <computeroutput>expr</computeroutput>.
                </para>
              </description>
            </method>
          </method-group>
        </struct>

      </namespace>
      
      <namespace name="result_of">
        <!-- proto::result_of::flatten -->
        <struct name="flatten">
          <template>
            <template-type-parameter name="Expr"/>
          </template>
          <purpose>Metafunction that computes the return type of <computeroutput>
            <functionname alt="proto::flatten">proto::flatten()</functionname></computeroutput></purpose>
          <typedef name="type">
            <type><emphasis>unspecified</emphasis></type>
            <purpose>A Fusion Forward Sequence</purpose>
          </typedef>
        </struct>
      </namespace>

      <!-- proto::flatten() -->
      <overloaded-function name="flatten">
        <signature>
          <type>typename <classname>proto::result_of::flatten</classname>&lt; Expr &gt;::type const</type>
          <template>
            <template-type-parameter name="Expr"/>
          </template>
          <parameter name="expr">
            <paramtype>Expr &amp;</paramtype>
          </parameter>
        </signature>
        <signature>
          <type>typename <classname>proto::result_of::flatten</classname>&lt; Expr const &gt;::type const</type>
          <template>
            <template-type-parameter name="Expr"/>
          </template>
          <parameter name="expr">
            <paramtype>Expr const &amp;</paramtype>
          </parameter>
        </signature>
        <purpose>A function that returns a "flattened" view of a Proto expression tree. </purpose>
        <description>
          <para>
            For a tree with a top-most node tag of type <computeroutput>T</computeroutput>, the elements
            of the flattened sequence are determined by recursing into each child node with the same tag
            type and returning those nodes of different type. So for instance, the Proto expression tree
            corresponding to the expression <computeroutput>a | b | c</computeroutput> has a flattened
            view with elements [a, b, c], even though the tree is grouped as
            <computeroutput>((a | b) | c)</computeroutput>.
          </para>
          <para>
            The returned view is a Fusion Forward Sequence.
          </para>
        </description>
      </overloaded-function>
    </namespace>
  </namespace>
</header>