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.. Metafunctions/Type Selection//if_ |10
if\_
====
Synopsis
--------
.. parsed-literal::
template<
typename C
, typename T1
, typename T2
>
struct if\_
{
typedef |unspecified| type;
};
Description
-----------
Returns one of its two arguments, ``T1`` or ``T2``, depending on the value ``C``.
Header
------
.. parsed-literal::
#include <boost/mpl/if.hpp>
Parameters
----------
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Parameter | Requirement | Description |
+===============+===================================+===============================================+
| ``C`` | |Integral Constant| | A selection condition. |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``T1``, ``T2``| Any type | Types to select from. |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
Expression semantics
--------------------
For any |Integral Constant| ``c`` and arbitrary types ``t1``, ``t2``:
.. parsed-literal::
typedef if_<c,t1,t2>::type t;
:Return type:
Any type.
:Semantics:
If ``c::value == true``, ``t`` is identical to ``t1``; otherwise ``t`` is
identical to ``t2``.
Example
-------
.. parsed-literal::
typedef if\_<true\_,char,long>::type t1;
typedef if\_<false\_,char,long>::type t2;
BOOST_MPL_ASSERT(( is_same<t1, char> ));
BOOST_MPL_ASSERT(( is_same<t2, long> ));
.. parsed-literal::
// allocates space for an object of class T on heap or "inplace"
// depending on its size
template< typename T > struct lightweight
{
// ...
typedef typename if\_<
less_equal< sizeof\_<T>, sizeof\_<T*> >
, inplace_storage<T>
, heap_storage<T>
>::type impl_t;
impl_t impl;
};
See also
--------
|Metafunctions|, |Integral Constant|, |if_c|, |eval_if|
.. copyright:: Copyright © 2001-2009 Aleksey Gurtovoy and David Abrahams
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)