std::integral_constant

 

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Defined in header <type_traits>
template< class T, T v > struct integral_constant;		(since C++11)

std::integral_constant wraps a static constant of specified type. It is the base class for the C++ type traits.

Two specializations for the type bool are provided:

Defined in header <type_traits>
Type	Definition
true_type	std::integral_constant<bool, true>
false_type	std::integral_constant<bool, false>

Member types

Type	Definition
value_type	T
type	std::integral_constant<T,v>

Member constants

Name	Value
value	static constant expression of type T with value v

Member functions

(constexpr)operator value_type (const noexcept)	converts the object to value_type, returns value (public member function)
(constexpr)operator() (const noexcept)	returns value (C++14) (public member function)

Possible implementation

template<class T, T v> struct integral_constant { static constexpr T value = v; typedef T value_type; typedef integral_constant type; constexpr operator value_type() const noexcept { return value; } constexpr value_type operator()() const noexcept { return value; } };

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>
 
int main() 
{
    typedef std::integral_constant<int, 2> two_t;
    typedef std::integral_constant<int, 4> four_t;
 
//  static_assert(std::is_same<two_t, four_t>::value,
//                "two_t and four_t are not equal!"); 
//  error: static assertion failed: "two_t and four_t are not equal!"
 
    static_assert(two_t::value*2 == four_t::value,
       "2*2 != 4"
    );
 
    enum class my_e {
       e1,
       e2
    };
    typedef std::integral_constant<my_e, my_e::e1> my_e_e1;
    typedef std::integral_constant<my_e, my_e::e2> my_e_e2;
 
//  static_assert(my_e_e1::value == my_e::e2,
//               "my_e_e1::value != my_e::e2");
//  error: static assertion failed: "my_e_e1::value != my_e::e2"
 
    static_assert(std::is_same<my_e_e2, my_e_e2>::value,
                  "my_e_e2 != my_e_e2");
}