Re: [boost] Generic type inferencer function?

Subject: Re: [boost] Generic type inferencer function?
From: Agustín K-ballo Bergé (kaballo86_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-12-18 11:44:16

On 12/18/2015 1:20 PM, Nat Goodspeed wrote:
> Our code has any number of instances of this pattern:
>
> template <typename T, typename U>
> class SomeTemplate
> {
>      SomeTemplate(const T& t, const U& u);
>      ...
> };
>
> template <typename T, typename U>
> SomeTemplate<T, U> make_SomeTemplate(const T& t, const U& u)
> {
>      return SomeTemplate<T, U>(t, u);
> }
>
> Am I overlooking a generic boost::make<something>() of this general form?
>
> template <template<typename...> class CLASS_TEMPLATE, typename... ARGS>
> CLASS_TEMPLATE<ARGS...> make(ARGS && ... args)
> {
>      return CLASS_TEMPLATE<ARGS...>(std::forward<ARGS>(args)...);
> }
>
> If that doesn't already exist... would it be useful to add (a less
> naive version) somewhere?

This might be relevant: https://github.com/viboes/std-make

Regards,
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