Question

it’s possible to have access to template “type”, for instance in the std

std::vector<int>::size_type

is it possible to have the same thing for objects passed as template parameters?
For instance:

template<int i>
class A {
//?
};

A<3> instance;
int number = instance::???? //<--- assigns 3 to number

is it possible to get the 3 passed in the object type again at runtime? Without creating a specific member in the A class (which would increase the size of the object)

thanks

Answer 1

The type of the variable is known to the compiler at compile time, it’s just a matter of getting it to give it up.

template<int i>
int get(const A<i> & instance)
{
    return i;
}