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This is also equivalent to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">arg1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">6</span><span class="special">))</span></code>. 46 </p> 47<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">)</span> 48</pre> 49<p> 50 generates an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code> 51 where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is the type of 52 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">v</span></code>. In most cases, there's 53 no need to explicitly use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">val</span></code>, 54 but, as we'll see later on, there are situations where this is unavoidable. 55 </p> 56<h3> 57<a name="phoenix.modules.core.values.h0"></a> 58 <span class="phrase"><a name="phoenix.modules.core.values.evaluating_a_value"></a></span><a class="link" href="values.html#phoenix.modules.core.values.evaluating_a_value">Evaluating 59 a Value</a> 60 </h3> 61<p> 62 Like arguments, values are also actors. As such, values can be evaluated. 63 Invoking a value gives the value's identity. Example: 64 </p> 65<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)()</span> <span class="special"><<</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Hello World"</span><span class="special">)();</span> 66</pre> 67<p> 68 prints out "3 Hello World". 69 </p> 70</div> 71<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 72<td align="left"></td> 73<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2002-2005, 2010, 2014, 2015 Joel de Guzman, Dan Marsden, Thomas 74 Heller, John Fletcher<p> 75 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying 76 file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>) 77 </p> 78</div></td> 79</tr></table> 80<hr> 81<div class="spirit-nav"> 82<a accesskey="p" href="../core.html"><img src="../../../../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../core.html"><img src="../../../../../../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../../../index.html"><img src="../../../../../../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="references.html"><img src="../../../../../../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> 83</div> 84</body> 85</html> 86
