1 // Boost.TypeErasure library
2 //
3 // Copyright 2011 Steven Watanabe
4 //
5 // Distributed under the Boost Software License Version 1.0. (See
6 // accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
7 // http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
8 //
9 // $Id$
10 
11 #ifndef BOOST_TYPE_ERASURE_DEDUCED_HPP_INCLUDED
12 #define BOOST_TYPE_ERASURE_DEDUCED_HPP_INCLUDED
13 
14 #include <boost/mpl/eval_if.hpp>
15 #include <boost/mpl/identity.hpp>
16 #include <boost/mpl/set.hpp>
17 #include <boost/mpl/empty.hpp>
18 #include <boost/type_erasure/detail/get_placeholders.hpp>
19 #include <boost/type_erasure/placeholder.hpp>
20 
21 namespace boost {
22 namespace type_erasure {
23 
24 /**
25  * A placeholder for an associated type.  The type corresponding
26  * to this placeholder is deduced by substituting placeholders
27  * in the arguments of the metafunction and then evaluating it.
28  *
29  * When using @ref deduced in a template context, if it is possible for
30  * Metafunction to contain no placeholders at all, use the nested type,
31  * to automatically evaluate it early as needed.
32  */
33 template<class Metafunction>
34 struct deduced : ::boost::type_erasure::placeholder
35 {
36     typedef typename ::boost::mpl::eval_if<
37         ::boost::mpl::empty<
38             typename ::boost::type_erasure::detail::get_placeholders<
39                 Metafunction,
40                 ::boost::mpl::set0<>
41             >::type
42         >,
43         Metafunction,
44         ::boost::mpl::identity<
45             ::boost::type_erasure::deduced<Metafunction>
46         >
47     >::type type;
48 };
49 
50 }
51 }
52 
53 #endif
54