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If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span></code> 44 is different from the default <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">dont_care</span></code> 45 type, the return value is checked to be convertible to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span></code>. 46 Convertible to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span></code> means 47 that the return value of the operator can be used as argument to a function 48 expecting <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Ret</span></code>: 49</p> 50<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> 51<span class="identifier">Lhs</span> <span class="identifier">lhs</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">lhs</span><span class="special">^</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// is valid if has_bit_xor<Lhs, Rhs, Ret>::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"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">type_traits</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">has_bit_xor</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span></code> 62 or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</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">></span></code> 63 or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</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">></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_bit_xor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Lhs</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Rhs</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Ret</span><span class="special">>::</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_bit_xor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Lhs</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Rhs</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Ret</span><span class="special">>::</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_bit_xor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">>::</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_bit_xor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">long</span><span class="special">></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_bit_xor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">></span></code> 90 inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a></code>. 91 </p></blockquote></div> 92<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p> 93 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_bit_xor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">></span></code> 94 inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a></code>. 95 </p></blockquote></div> 96<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p> 97 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_bit_xor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">></span></code> 98 inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">false_type</a></code>. 99 </p></blockquote></div> 100<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p> 101 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">has_bit_xor</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</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">></span></code> inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">false_type</a></code>. 102 </p></blockquote></div> 103<p> 104 <span class="bold"><strong>See also:</strong></span> <a class="link" href="../category/value_traits/operators.html" title="Operator Type Traits">Operator 105 Type Traits</a> 106 </p> 107<p> 108 <span class="bold"><strong>Known issues:</strong></span> 109 </p> 110<p> 111 For modern compilers (those that support arbitrary SFINAE-expressions and 112 decltype/declval) this trait offers near perfect detection. In this situation 113 the macro <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TT_HAS_ACCURATE_BINARY_OPERATOR_DETECTION</span></code> 114 will be defined after including <code class="literal"><boost/type_traits/has_bit_xor.hpp></code>. 115 Please note however, that detection is based on function signature only, 116 in the case that the operator is a function template then has_bit_xor cannot 117 perform introspection of the template function body to ensure that the type 118 meets all of the conceptual requirements of the actual code. 119 </p> 120<p> 121 Example: 122 </p> 123<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">type_traits</span><span class="special">/</span>has_bit_xor<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> 124<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">iostream</span><span class="special">></span> 125 126<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> 127<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">contains</span> 128<span class="special">{</span> 129 <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">;</span> 130 <span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span> 131<span class="special">};</span> 132 133<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> 134contains<T> <span class="keyword">operator</span> ^ <span class="special">(</span>const <span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">lhs</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> 135 <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">lhs</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">);</span> 136<span class="special">}</span> 137 138<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">bad</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">};</span> 139<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">good</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">};</span> 140<span class="identifier">good</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">good</span><span class="special">&,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">good</span><span class="special">&)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="comment">/*something*/</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span> 141 142<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> 143 <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span><span class="special"><<</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">boolalpha</span><span class="special">;</span> 144 <span class="comment">// works fine for contains<good></span> 145 <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span><span class="special"><<</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span>has_bit_xor<span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">good</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special"><<</span><span class="char">'\n'</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// true</span> 146 <span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">good</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">;</span> 147 <span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// ok</span> 148 <span class="comment">// does not work for contains<bad></span> 149 <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span><span class="special"><<</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span>has_bit_xor<span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">bad</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special"><<</span><span class="char">'\n'</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// true, should be false</span> 150 <span class="identifier">contains</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">bad</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">;</span> 151 <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// compile time error</span> 152 <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> 153<span class="special">}</span> 154</pre> 155<p> 156 For older compilers (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TT_HAS_ACCURATE_BINARY_OPERATOR_DETECTION</span></code> 157 not defined) then there are a number of issues: 158 </p> 159<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> 160 This trait cannot detect whether binary <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span></code>^ 161 is public or not: if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span></code>^ 162 is defined as a private member of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Lhs</span></code> 163 then instantiating <code class="literal">has_bit_xor<Lhs></code> will produce 164 a compiler error. For this reason <code class="literal">has_bit_xor</code> cannot 165 be used to determine whether a type has a public <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span></code>^ 166 or not. 167 </li></ul></div> 168<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> A <span class="keyword">operator</span> ^ <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">A</span><span class="special">&);</span> <span class="special">};</span> 169<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span>has_bit_xor<span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">A</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// error: A::operator ^ (const A&) is private</span> 170</pre> 171<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> 172 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> 173 is convertible to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">A</span></code>. 174 In this case, the compiler will report an ambiguous overload. 175 </li></ul></div> 176<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">A</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">};</span> 177A <span class="keyword">operator</span> ^ <span class="special">(</span>const <span class="identifier">A</span><span class="special">&,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">A</span><span class="special">&);</span> 178<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> 179<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span>has_bit_xor<span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">A</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// this is fine</span> 180<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span>has_bit_xor<span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">B</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// error: ambiguous overload</span> 181</pre> 182<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> 183 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">volatile</span></code> qualifier is not 184 properly handled and would lead to undefined behavior 185 </li></ul></div> 186</div> 187<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 188<td align="left"></td> 189<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2000, 2011 Adobe Systems Inc, David Abrahams, 190 Frederic Bron, Steve Cleary, Beman Dawes, Glen Fernandes, Aleksey Gurtovoy, 191 Howard Hinnant, Jesse Jones, Mat Marcus, Itay Maman, John Maddock, Alexander 192 Nasonov, Thorsten Ottosen, Roman Perepelitsa, Robert Ramey, Jeremy Siek, Robert 193 Stewart and Steven Watanabe<p> 194 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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