The MPL Reference Manual: bind

bind

Synopsis

template<
      typename F
    >
struct bind0
{
    // unspecified
    // ...
};

template<
      typename F, typename A1
    >
struct bind1
{
    // unspecified
    // ...
};

...

template<
      typename F, typename A1,... typename An
    >
struct bindn
{
    // unspecified
    // ...
};

template<
      typename F
    , typename A1 = unspecified
    ...
    , typename An = unspecified
    >
struct bind
{
    // unspecified
    // ...
};

bind is a higher-order primitive for Metafunction Class composition and argument binding. In essence, it's a compile-time counterpart of the similar run-time functionality provided by Boost.Bind and Boost.Lambda libraries.

Header

#include <boost/mpl/bind.hpp>

Model of

Metafunction Class

Parameters

Parameter	Requirement	Description
`F`	Metafunction Class	An metafunction class to perform binding on.
`A1`,... `An`	Any type	Arguments to bind.

Expression semantics

For any Metafunction Class f and arbitrary types a1,... an:

typedef bindn> g;
typedef bindnn> g;

Return type:	Metafunction Class

Semantics:

Semantics:	Equivalent to struct g { template< typename U1 = unspecified ... , typename Un = unspecified > struct apply : apply_wrapn< typename h0...Un>::type , typename h1...Un>::type ... , typename hnn,U1,...Un>::type > { }; }; where `h`k is equivalent to template< typename X, typename U1,... typename Un > struct hk : apply_wrapn...Un> { }; if `f` or `a`k is a bind expression or a placeholder, and template< typename X, typename U1,... typename Un > struct hk { typedef X type; }; otherwise. [Note: Every `n`th appearance of the unnamed placeholder in the `bind` specialization is replaced with the corresponding numbered placeholder `_`n — end note]

Equivalent to

struct g
{
    template<
          typename U1 = unspecified
        ...
        , typename Un = unspecified
        >
    struct apply
        : apply_wrapn<
              typename h0...Un>::type
            , typename h1...Un>::type
            ...
            , typename hnn,U1,...Un>::type
            >
    {
    };
};

where hk is equivalent to

template< typename X, typename U1,... typename Un > struct hk
    : apply_wrapn...Un>
{
};

if f or ak is a bind expression or a placeholder, and

template< typename X, typename U1,... typename Un > struct hk
{
    typedef X type;
};

otherwise. [Note: Every nth appearance of the unnamed placeholder in the bind specialization is replaced with the corresponding numbered placeholder _n — end note]

Example

struct f1
{
    template< typename T1 > struct apply
    {
        typedef T1 type;
    };
};

struct f5
{
    template< typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4, typename T5 >
    struct apply
    {
        typedef T5 type;
    };
};

typedef apply_wrap1<
      bind1_1>
    , int
    >::type r11;

typedef apply_wrap5<
      bind1_5>
    , void,void,void,void,int
    >::type r12;

BOOST_MPL_ASSERT(( is_same ));
BOOST_MPL_ASSERT(( is_same ));

typedef apply_wrap5<
      bind5_1,_2,_3,_4,_5>
    , void,void,void,void,int
    >::type r51;

typedef apply_wrap5<
      bind5_5,_4,_3,_2,_1>
    , int,void,void,void,void
    >::type r52;

BOOST_MPL_ASSERT(( is_same ));
BOOST_MPL_ASSERT(( is_same ));

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