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Asked: 2026-05-13T06:57:51+00:00

Consider the following code template<typename T, int N> struct A { typedef T value_type;

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Consider the following code

template<typename T, int N>
struct A {
  typedef T value_type; // OK. save T to value_type
  static const int size = N; // OK. save N to size
};

Look, it is possible to save any template parameter if this parameter is a typename or an integer value. The thing is that pointer to member is an offset, i.e. integer.
Now I want to save any pointer to member in compile time:

struct Foo {
   int m; 
   int r;
};

template<int Foo::*ptr_to_member>
struct B {
   // Next statement DOES NOT WORK!
   static int Foo::* const saved_ptr_to_member = ptr_to_member; 
};

// Example of using
int main() {
    typedef B<&Foo::m> Bm;
    typedef B<&Foo::r> Br;
    Foo foo;
    std::cout << (foo.*(Bm::saved_ptr_to_member));
}

How to save pointer to member in compile time? I use VS2008.

Note. Compile time is critical. Please don’t write run-time solution. I know it.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Why using a template?

    #include <cstdio>

struct Foo {
    int a;
    int b;
} foo = {2, 3};

int const (Foo::*mp) = &Foo::b;

int
main() {
    printf("%d\n", foo.*mp);
    return 0;
}

    The following compiles mp to this on gcc-4.4.1 (I don’t have access to MSVC at the moment):

    .globl mp
        .align 4
        .type   mp, @object
        .size   mp, 4
mp:
        .long   4

    It is just an offset to the member, which looks pretty compile-time to me.

    With template, you need to specify the definition outside of the class:

    #include <cstdio>

struct Foo {
   int m;
   int r;
} foo = {2, 3};

template<int Foo::*Mem>
struct B {
   static int Foo::* const mp;
};

template<int Foo::*Mem>
int Foo::* const B<Mem>::mp = Mem;

int main() {
    typedef B<&Foo::m> Bm;
    typedef B<&Foo::r> Br;
    printf("%d, %d\n", foo.*(Bm::mp), foo.*(Br::mp));
}

    Which compiles to:

    g++ -O2 -S -o- b.cc | c++filt

...

        .weak   B<&(Foo::r)>::mp
        .section        .rodata._ZN1BIXadL_ZN3Foo1rEEEE2mpE,"aG",@progbits,B<&(Foo::r)>::mp,comdat
        .align 4
        .type   B<&(Foo::r)>::mp, @object
        .size   B<&(Foo::r)>::mp, 4
B<&(Foo::r)>::mp:
        .long   4
        .weak   B<&(Foo::m)>::mp
        .section        .rodata._ZN1BIXadL_ZN3Foo1mEEEE2mpE,"aG",@progbits,B<&(Foo::m)>::mp,comdat
        .align 4
        .type   B<&(Foo::m)>::mp, @object
        .size   B<&(Foo::m)>::mp, 4
B<&(Foo::m)>::mp:
        .zero   4

    However this all smacks of standard library features reimplementation (see std::tr1::mem_fn).

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