The MPL Reference Manual: c_str

c_str

template<
      typename Sequence
    >
struct c_str
{
    typedef unspecified type;
    static char const value[];
};

c_str converts the Forward Sequence of Integral Constants Sequence into a null-terminated byte string containing an equivalent sequence.

#include <boost/mpl/string.hpp>

Parameter	Requirement	Description
`Sequence`	Forward Sequence of Integral Constants	A sequence to be converted into a null-terminated byte string.

c_str<s>::value;

Return type:

Return type:	A null-terminated byte string.
Precondition:	`size<s>::value <= BOOST_MPL_STRING_MAX_LENGTH`.
Semantics:	Equivalent to char const value[] = { at<s, 0>::type::value , ... , at<s, size<s>::value-1>::type::value , '\0' };

A null-terminated byte string.

Precondition:

size<s>::value <= BOOST_MPL_STRING_MAX_LENGTH.

Semantics:

Equivalent to

char const value[] = {
    at<s, 0>::type::value
  , ...
  , at<s, size<s>::value-1>::type::value
  , '\0'
};

Sequence archetype	Complexity
Forward Sequence	Linear.

typedef vector_c<char,'h','e','l','l','o'> hello;
assert( 0 == std::strcmp( c_str<hello>::value, "hello" ) );

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