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14 | <div class="section" id="trivial-metafunction"> | |
15 | <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="./metafunctions-concepts.html#id1518">Trivial Metafunction</a></h1> | |
16 | <div class="section" id="id853"> | |
17 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#description" name="description">Description</a></h3> | |
18 | <p>A <a class="reference internal" href="./trivial-metafunction.html">Trivial Metafunction</a> accepts a single argument of a class type <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt> and | |
19 | returns the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt>'s nested type member <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x::name</span></tt>, where <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">name</span></tt> is | |
20 | a placeholder token for the actual member's name accessed by a specific | |
21 | metafunction's instance. By convention, all <a class="reference internal" href="./trivial-metafunctions-summary.html">trivial metafunctions</a> in MPL | |
22 | are named after the members they provide assess to. For instance, a <a class="reference internal" href="./trivial-metafunction.html">Trivial Metafunction</a> named <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">first</span></tt> reaches for the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt>'s nested member | |
23 | <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">::first</span></tt>.</p> | |
24 | </div> | |
25 | <div class="section" id="id855"> | |
26 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#expression-requirements" name="expression-requirements">Expression requirements</a></h3> | |
27 | <p>In the following table and subsequent specifications, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">name</span></tt> is placeholder token for the names of | |
28 | the <a class="reference internal" href="./trivial-metafunction.html">Trivial Metafunction</a> itself and the accessed member, and <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt> is | |
29 | a class type such that <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x::name</span></tt> is a valid <em>type-name</em>.</p> | |
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37 | <tr><th class="head">Expression</th> | |
38 | <th class="head">Type</th> | |
39 | <th class="head">Complexity</th> | |
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43 | <tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">name<x>::type</span></tt></td> | |
44 | <td>Any type</td> | |
45 | <td>Constant time.</td> | |
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48 | </table> | |
49 | </div> | |
50 | <div class="section" id="id856"> | |
51 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#expression-semantics" name="expression-semantics">Expression semantics</a></h3> | |
52 | <pre class="literal-block"> | |
53 | typedef name<x>::type r; | |
54 | </pre> | |
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59 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Precondition:</th><td class="field-body"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x::name</span></tt> is a valid <em>type-name</em>.</td> | |
60 | </tr> | |
61 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Semantics:</th><td class="field-body"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">is_same<r,x::name>::value</span> <span class="pre">==</span> <span class="pre">true</span></tt>.</td> | |
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66 | <div class="section" id="id857"> | |
67 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#models" name="models">Models</a></h3> | |
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69 | <li><a class="reference internal" href="./trivial-metafunctions-summary.html#first">first</a></li> | |
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71 | <li><a class="reference internal" href="./trivial-metafunctions-summary.html#base">base</a></li> | |
72 | </ul> | |
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75 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#see-also" name="see-also">See also</a></h3> | |
76 | <p><a class="reference internal" href="./metafunctions.html">Metafunctions</a>, <a class="reference internal" href="./trivial.html#label-metafunctions-trivial">Trivial Metafunctions</a>, <a class="reference internal" href="./identity.html">identity</a></p> | |
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