Re: [Boost-users] tuple type question

From: Olaf Peter (ope-devel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-22 13:42:21

Hi,

> struct Test
> {
>       typedef boost::tuple<int,char> tuple_t;
>       tuple_t tup;
>       enum Members { NAME, VALUE };
> 
>       typename boost::tuples::element<NAME, tuple_t>::type
>       name()
>       { return boost::get<NAME>(tup); }
> };

why not simple derive:

struct Test
   : boost::tuple<int,char>
{
       enum Members { NAME, VALUE };
};

Than you have the tuple calling syntax:

get<Test::Name>( ... )

That's what I use for reading and writing "named" tuples.

Regards,
Olaf