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Asked: 2026-05-15T03:29:23+00:00

Is there a macro that tells me whether or not my compiler supports variadic

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Is there a macro that tells me whether or not my compiler supports variadic templates?

#ifdef VARIADIC_TEMPLATES_AVAILABLE

template<typename... Args> void coolstuff(Args&&... args);

#else

???

#endif

If they are not supported, I guess I would simulate them with a bunch of overloads. Any better ideas? Maybe there are preprocessor libraries that can ease the job?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It looks like the current version of Boost defines BOOST_NO_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES if variadic templates are unavailable. This is provided by boost/config.hpp; see here for config.hpp documentation.

    If variadic templates are unavailable, then you’ll probably have to simulate them with a bunch of overloads, as you said. The Boost.Preprocessor library can help here; it’s designed to automate all sorts of repetitive source code, including template overloads. You can search the Boost source trees for BOOST_NO_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES for examples on using it to simulate variadic templates.

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