Re: [Boost-users] How does BOOST_TYPEOF works?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] How does BOOST_TYPEOF works?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-20 23:30:42

AMDG

Peng Yu wrote:
> I tried to read the source code to figure out how BOOST_TYPEOF works.
> But I still don't understand how it works. Can somebody tell me how it
> works?
>   

It works in 3 different ways depending on your compiler.

1) If your compiler has a typeof operator, Boost.Typeof uses that.
2) If your compiler has a specific bug that allows certain class
  templates to be specialized on the fly, Boost.Typeof uses this
  capability to associate each type with a unique integer and
  get something to the effect of
  typename get_associated_type<sizeof(get_size(T))>::type
  where get_size is defined as
  template<class T>
  char (&get_size(const T&))[get_associated_int<T>::value];
3) If all else fails, Boost.Typeof associates a unique integer with each
  type/class template.  (This is what BOOST_TYPEOF_REGISTER_TYPE and
  friends are for).  Then, every type can be represented as a sequence 
of integers.
  This sequence of integers is retrieved using sizeof.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe