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class="identifier">enum_from</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">))</span> 37</pre> 38<p> 39 This is protected using an exception: 40 </p> 41<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">lazy_exception</span> 42</pre> 43<p> 44 Note that this is implemented such that defining 45 </p> 46<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">BOOST_PHOENIX_NO_LAZY_EXCEPTIONS</span> 47</pre> 48<p> 49 will enable the user to turn off the exceptions at their own risk. 50 </p> 51<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">BOOST_PHOENIX_FUNCTION_MAX_LAZY_LIST_LENGTH</span> 52</pre> 53<p> 54 is currently defined as 1000 and again the user can define their own value. 55 </p> 56<p> 57 In the length function this how it is implemented: 58 </p> 59<pre class="programlisting"> <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">Length</span> <span class="special">{</span> 60 <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Sig</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">result</span><span class="special">;</span> 61 62 <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">This</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">L</span><span class="special">></span> 63 <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">result</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">This</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">L</span><span class="special">)></span> 64 <span class="special">{</span> 65 <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">type</span><span class="special">;</span> 66 <span class="special">};</span> 67 68 <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">L</span><span class="special">></span> 69 <span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">()(</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">L</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">ll</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">{</span> 70 <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">L</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">delay_result_type</span> <span class="identifier">l</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">delay</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ll</span><span class="special">);</span> 71 <span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> 72 <span class="keyword">while</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">!</span><span class="identifier">null</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">l</span><span class="special">)()</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> 73 <span class="identifier">l</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">tail</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">l</span><span class="special">);</span> 74 <span class="special">++</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">;</span> 75 <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">BOOST_PHOENIX_FUNCTION_MAX_LAZY_LIST_LENGTH</span><span class="special">)</span> 76 <span class="keyword">break</span><span class="special">;</span> 77 <span class="special">}</span> 78<span class="preprocessor">#ifndef</span> <span class="identifier">BOOST_PHOENIX_NO_LAZY_EXCEPTIONS</span> 79 <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">BOOST_PHOENIX_FUNCTION_MAX_LAZY_LIST_LENGTH</span><span class="special">)</span> 80 <span class="keyword">throw</span> <span class="identifier">lazy_exception</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Your list is too long!!"</span><span class="special">);</span> 81<span class="preprocessor">#endif</span> 82 <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">;</span> 83 <span class="special">}</span> 84 <span class="special">};</span> 85</pre> 86</div> 87<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 88<td align="left"></td> 89<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2002-2005, 2010, 2014, 2015 Joel de Guzman, Dan Marsden, Thomas 90 Heller, John 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