Question

Is there a way in C++11 to cast an array of one type to another data type at compile-time :

#include <iostream>
#include <array>
#include <type_traits>

int main()
{
   static constexpr std::array<double, 3> darray{{1.5, 2.5, 3.5}};
   static constexpr std::array<int, 3> iarray(darray); // not working
   // Is there a way to cast an array to another data type ? 
   return 0;
}

Answer 1

I’ve found a very simple solution with a single variadic function:

#include <iostream>
#include <array>
#include <type_traits>

template<typename Type, typename OtherType, std::size_t Size, typename... Types, class = typename std::enable_if<sizeof...(Types) != Size>::type>
constexpr std::array<Type, Size> convert(const std::array<OtherType, Size> source, const Types... data);

template<typename Type, typename OtherType, std::size_t Size, typename... Types, class = typename std::enable_if<sizeof...(Types) == Size>::type, class = void>
constexpr std::array<Type, Size> convert(const std::array<OtherType, Size> source, const Types... data);

template<typename Type, typename OtherType, std::size_t Size, typename... Types, class>
constexpr std::array<Type, Size> convert(const std::array<OtherType, Size> source, const Types... data)
{
    return convert<Type>(source, data..., static_cast<const Type>(source[sizeof...(data)]));
}

template<typename Type, typename OtherType, std::size_t Size, typename... Types, class, class>
constexpr std::array<Type, Size> convert(const std::array<OtherType, Size> source, const Types... data)
{
    return std::array<Type, Size>{{data...}};
}

int main()
{
   static constexpr std::array<double, 3> darray{{1., 2., 3.}};
   static constexpr std::array<int, 3> iarray = convert<int>(darray);
   std::cout<<(std::integral_constant<int, iarray[2]>())<<std::endl;
   return 0;
}