A variant of Bryan Chen's answer that looks uglier, but makes it easier to extend to multiple checks, and doesn't require duplicating the code that's shared between D<type-with-f>
and D<type-without-f>
, is to use an inheritance chain, where each step checks one additional member. The only duplication required is the inheritance of constructors, if appropriate.
struct A {
void f() { }
void g() { }
void i() { }
};
// The generic case. D<T, char[N]> simply provides what D<T, char[N+1]> provides.
template <typename T, typename U = char[1]>
struct D : D<T, char[sizeof(U) + 1]> {
using D<T, char[sizeof(U) + 1]>::D;
};
// The end of the chain. This is where T gets inherited. It declares all of its own
// specialisations as its friends, so that they can access other members of T.
template <typename T>
struct D<T, char[6]> : private T {
template <typename, typename>
friend struct D;
D(int) { }
void fun() { }
};
// Check for T::f.
template <typename T>
struct D<T, char[2 + !sizeof(&T::f)]> : D<T, char[3]> {
using D<T, char[3]>::D;
using T::f;
};
// Check for T::g.
template <typename T>
struct D<T, char[3 + !sizeof(&T::g)]> : D<T, char[4]> {
using D<T, char[4]>::D;
using T::g;
};
// Check for T::h.
template <typename T>
struct D<T, char[4 + !sizeof(&T::h)]> : D<T, char[5]> {
using D<T, char[5]>::D;
using T::h;
};
// Check for T::i.
template <typename T>
struct D<T, char[5 + !sizeof(&T::i)]> : D<T, char[6]> {
using D<T, char[6]>::D;
using T::i;
};
int main() {
D<A> d = 4; // ok: verify that constructors got inherited
// A &a = d; // error: verify that inheritance of A is private
d.f(); // ok: verify that f got inherited
d.g(); // ok: verify that g got inherited
// d.h(); // error: verify that h is not available
d.i(); // ok: verify that i got inherited
d.fun(); // ok: verify that the inheritance chain didn't get broken
}
Note: instead of checking &T::f
, you may want to do something with std::declval<T>().f()
instead. The former cannot handle overloaded functions.
has_function_named_g<T>
. Now what? How do you apply it to theusing
declaration? – Figge