Re: [boost] detecting constant integral expressions at compile time?

From: Hamish Mackenzie (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-18 08:41:27

On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 08:05, Hamish Mackenzie wrote:
> I know it is a language extension, so not what you wanted, but my
> preference is for constants to be converted to types by the compiler.
> 
> They would become something like
>   template< typename Type, Type Value >
>   struct constant
>   {
>     static Type value = Value;
>     constant();
>     operator const Type & () const { return value; }

Opps Don't let them know your address or you will end up taking up
space. David Abrahams pointed this out to me before and I clean forgot. 

     operator Type () const { return value; }

>   };
>