Re: [boost] [TypeSort] Automatic type sorting

Subject: Re: [boost] [TypeSort] Automatic type sorting
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-20 12:04:55

On 20/03/2015 16:59, costis glynos wrote:
> Hello,Is there any interest in a library which automatically sorts types from smallest to largest at compile time?The benefit would be the automatic Data Structure Alignment and potential improvement in performance.Foo<int,bool,Custom16ByteType,char,double,short> foo_1; //normal
> Foo<int,bool,Custom16ByteType,char,double,short> foo_2; //using the TypeSort
> output:
> size of foo_1 = 48
> size of foo_2 = 32 Kind Regards,

There is already a sort meta-function in Boost.MPL.
<http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_57_0/libs/mpl/doc/refmanual/sort.html>