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list

Description

list is a Forward Sequence of heterogenous typed data built on top of cons. It is more efficient than vector when the target sequence is constructed piecemeal (a data at a time). The runtime cost of access to each element is peculiarly constant (see Recursive Inlined Functions).

Header

#include <boost/fusion/container/list.hpp>
#include <boost/fusion/include/list.hpp>
#include <boost/fusion/container/list/list_fwd.hpp>
#include <boost/fusion/include/list_fwd.hpp>

Synopsis

template <
    typename T0 = unspecified
  , typename T1 = unspecified
  , typename T2 = unspecified
    ...
  , typename TN = unspecified
>
struct list;

The variadic class interface accepts 0 to FUSION_MAX_LIST_SIZE elements, where FUSION_MAX_LIST_SIZE is a user definable predefined maximum that defaults to 10. Example:

list<int, char, double>

You may define the preprocessor constant FUSION_MAX_LIST_SIZE before including any Fusion header to change the default. Example:

#define FUSION_MAX_LIST_SIZE 20

Template parameters

Parameter

Description

Default

T0...TN

Element types

unspecified-type

Model of

Notation

L

A list type

l

An instance of list

e0...en

Heterogeneous values

s

A Forward Sequence

N

An MPL Integral Constant

Expression Semantics

Semantics of an expression is defined only where it differs from, or is not defined in Forward Sequence.

Expression

Semantics

L()

Creates a list with default constructed elements.

L(e0, e1,... en)

Creates a list with elements e0...en.

L(s)

Copy constructs a list from a Forward Sequence, s.

l = s

Assigns to a list, l, from a Forward Sequence, s.

at<N>(l)

The Nth element from the beginning of the sequence; see at.

Example

list<int, float> l(12, 5.5f);
std::cout << at_c<0>(l) << std::endl;
std::cout << at_c<1>(l) << std::endl;

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