[Boost-users] mpl::for_each state

Subject: [Boost-users] mpl::for_each state
From: Skelly, Luke (skelly_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-31 18:12:43

Please ignore my last message.  I somehow accidentally sent it while still editing!

I am trying to create a std::map from an mpl::map.  I've been trying to figure out how to use mpl::for_each to accomplish this.  The problem I have is that the runtime function is passed to for_each by value and returns void.  All the examples I've seen for mpl::for_each involve printing and not creating any new objects.  Here is the attempt I've made:

// creates std::map<size_t,size_t> from mpl::map<size_t,size_t>
template<typename TypeMap>
struct MapMaker
{
        typedef std::map<size_t, size_t> map_type;
        map_type func_map;
        MapMaker()
        {
                boost::mpl::for_each<TypeMap>(*this);
        }
        template<typename U>
        void operator()(U x)
        {
                func_map[U::first::value]=U::second::value;
        }
func_type operator[](size_t i)
        {
                return func_map[i];
        }
};

typedef boost::mpl::map<
        boost::mpl::pair<boost::mpl::size_t<1>, boost::mpl::size_t<2> >,
        boost::mpl::pair<boost::mpl::size_t<2>, boost::mpl::size_t<24> >,
> myMap;

int main()
{
        MapMaker<myMap> m;
        size_t result = m[1];
}

Of course this is a simplified version of what I'm really trying to do, which is create a map to function pointers.

The problem is in the call to mpl::for_each in the MapMaker constructor.  The std::map is created, but never returned.  I've considered making func_map static, but that complicates things quite a bit, especially since MapMaker it is a class template.

Luke Skelly