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29<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Rhs</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Ret</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="identifier">dont_care</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
30<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">has_complement</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword">public</span> <em class="replaceable"><code><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a>-or-<a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">false_type</a></code></em> <span class="special">{};</span>
31</pre>
32<p>
33        <span class="bold"><strong>Inherits:</strong></span> If (i) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">rhs</span></code>
34        of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Rhs</span></code> can be used in
35        expression <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span></code>,
36        and (ii) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="identifier">dont_care</span></code> or the result of expression
37        <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span></code>
38        is convertible to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span></code> then
39        inherits from <a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a>,
40        otherwise inherits from <a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">false_type</a>.
41      </p>
42<p>
43        The default behaviour (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="identifier">dont_care</span></code>)
44        is to not check for the return value of prefix <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">~</span></code>. If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span></code>
45        is different from the default <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">dont_care</span></code>
46        type, the return value is checked to be convertible to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span></code>.
47        Convertible to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span></code> means
48        that the return value of the operator can be used as argument to a function
49        expecting <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span></code>:
50</p>
51<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Ret</span><span class="special">);</span>
52<span class="identifier">Rhs</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">;</span>
53<span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(~</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// is valid if has_complement&lt;Rhs, Ret&gt;::value==true</span>
54</pre>
55<p>
56        If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="keyword">void</span></code>, the return type is checked to be exactly
57        <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">void</span></code>.
58      </p>
59<p>
60        <span class="bold"><strong>Header:</strong></span> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span>
61        <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">type_traits</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
62        or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">type_traits</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">has_operator</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
63        or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">type_traits</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
64      </p>
65<p>
66        <span class="bold"><strong>Compiler Compatibility:</strong></span> Requires working
67        SFINAE (i.e. BOOST_NO_SFINAE is not set). Only a minority of rather old compilers
68        do not support this.
69      </p>
70<p>
71        <span class="bold"><strong>Examples:</strong></span>
72      </p>
73<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
74          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Rhs</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Ret</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span></code> is the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>.
75        </p></blockquote></div>
76<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
77          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Rhs</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Ret</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value</span></code> is a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
78          integral constant expression.
79        </p></blockquote></div>
80<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
81          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value</span></code> is a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
82          integral constant expression that evaluates to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">true</span></code>.
83        </p></blockquote></div>
84<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
85          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">long</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
86          inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a></code>.
87        </p></blockquote></div>
88<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
89          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a></code>.
90        </p></blockquote></div>
91<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
92          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">long</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a></code>.
93        </p></blockquote></div>
94<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
95          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a></code>.
96        </p></blockquote></div>
97<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
98          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">*&gt;</span></code>
99          inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">false_type</a></code>.
100        </p></blockquote></div>
101<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
102          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
103          inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">false_type</a></code>.
104        </p></blockquote></div>
105<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
106          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
107          inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">false_type</a></code>.
108        </p></blockquote></div>
109<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
110          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">false_type</a></code>.
111        </p></blockquote></div>
112<p>
113        <span class="bold"><strong>See also:</strong></span> <a class="link" href="../category/value_traits/operators.html" title="Operator Type Traits">Operator
114        Type Traits</a>
115      </p>
116<p>
117        <span class="bold"><strong>Known issues:</strong></span>
118      </p>
119<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
120<li class="listitem">
121            This trait cannot detect whether prefix <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">~</span></code> is public or not: if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">~</span></code> is defined as a private member of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Rhs</span></code> then instantiating <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Rhs</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
122            will produce a compiler error. For this reason <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_complement</span></code>
123            cannot be used to determine whether a type has a public <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">~</span></code>
124            or not.
125<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">A</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">private</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">~();</span> <span class="special">};</span>
126<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">A</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// error: A::operator~() is private</span>
127</pre>
128          </li>
129<li class="listitem">
130            There is an issue if the operator exists only for type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">A</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">B</span></code>
131            is convertible to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">A</span></code>.
132            In this case, the compiler will report an ambiguous overload.
133<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">A</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">};</span>
134<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">~(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">A</span><span class="special">&amp;);</span>
135<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">B</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="identifier">A</span><span class="special">();</span> <span class="special">};</span>
136<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">A</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// this is fine</span>
137<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">B</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// error: ambiguous overload</span>
138</pre>
139          </li>
140<li class="listitem">
141            There is an issue when applying this trait to template classes. If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">~</span></code>
142            is defined but does not bind for a given template type, it is still detected
143            by the trait which returns <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">true</span></code>
144            instead of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">false</span></code>. Example:
145<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">type_traits</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
146<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
147
148<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
149<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">contains</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">};</span>
150
151<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
152<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">~(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
153	<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">);</span>
154<span class="special">}</span>
155
156<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">bad</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">};</span>
157<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">good</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">};</span>
158<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">good</span><span class="special">&amp;)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">}</span>
159
160<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span>
161	<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span><span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">boolalpha</span><span class="special">;</span>
162	<span class="comment">// works fine for contains&lt;good&gt;</span>
163	<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span><span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">good</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span><span class="char">'\n'</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// true</span>
164	<span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">good</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">;</span>
165	<span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// ok</span>
166	<span class="comment">// does not work for contains&lt;bad&gt;</span>
167	<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span><span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">has_complement</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">bad</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span><span class="char">'\n'</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// true, should be false</span>
168	<span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">bad</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">;</span>
169	<span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// compile time error</span>
170	<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
171<span class="special">}</span>
172</pre>
173          </li>
174<li class="listitem">
175            <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">volatile</span></code> qualifier is not
176            properly handled and would lead to undefined behavior
177          </li>
178</ul></div>
179<p>
180        <span class="bold"><strong>Known issues:</strong></span>
181      </p>
182<p>
183        For modern compilers (those that support arbitrary SFINAE-expressions and
184        decltype/declval) this trait offers near perfect detection. In this situation
185        the macro <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TT_HAS_ACCURATE_BINARY_OPERATOR_DETECTION</span></code>
186        will be defined after including <code class="literal">&lt;boost/type_traits/has_complement.hpp&gt;</code>.
187        Please note however, that detection is based on function signature only,
188        in the case that the operator is a function template then has_complement
189        cannot perform introspection of the template function body to ensure that
190        the type meets all of the conceptual requirements of the actual code.
191      </p>
192<p>
193        For older compilers (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TT_HAS_ACCURATE_BINARY_OPERATOR_DETECTION</span></code>
194        not defined) then there are a number of issues:
195      </p>
196<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
197<li class="listitem">
198            This trait cannot detect whether unary <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span></code>~
199            is public or not: if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span></code>~
200            is defined as a private class member of type T then instantiating <code class="literal">has_complement&lt;T&gt;</code>
201            will produce a compiler error. For this reason <code class="literal">has_complement</code>
202            cannot be used to determine whether a type has a public <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span></code>~ or not.
203          </li>
204<li class="listitem">
205            <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">volatile</span></code> qualifier is not
206            properly handled and would lead to undefined behavior
207          </li>
208<li class="listitem">
209            Capturless lambdas are not supported and will lead to a compiler error
210            if has_complement is instantiated on the lambda type.
211          </li>
212<li class="listitem">
213            Scoped enum types are not supported and will lead to a compiler error
214            if has_complement is instantiated on such a type.
215          </li>
216</ul></div>
217</div>
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