Question

I need to make a decision in a BOOST_PP_IF statement based on the arity (parameter count) of a boost::function object. Is this possible?

boost::function_types::function_arity does what I’m looking for, but at runtime; I need it at compile time.

Answer 1

For some reason my includes keep breaking but not in preview =[

#include <ostream>  
#include <iostream>  
#include <boost/function.hpp>  

// Assume that you want to print out "Function is N-arity" for general case. But "nularity" for 0

template< int i >
struct DarkSide
{
template<class U>
void operator()(std::ostream& out, const U& u) { out << "Function is "<<i<<"-arity"<<u; }
void operator()(std::ostream& out, std::ostream& ( *pf )(std::ostream&) ) { out << "Function is "<<i<<"-arity"<<pf; }
};

template<>
struct DarkSide<0>
{
template<class U>
void operator()(std::ostream& out, const U& u) { out << "Function is nularity"<<u; }
void operator()(std::ostream& out, std::ostream& ( *pf )(std::ostream&) ) { out << "Function is nularity"<<pf; }
};

int main() {
typedef boost::function< void ( ) > vFv;
typedef boost::function< void ( int x ) > vFi;
DarkSide< vFv::arity >()(std::cout,"\n");
DarkSide< vFi::arity >()(std::cout,std::endl);
}