[C++-sig] Re: def with name parser

[Leonard "paniq" Ritter]

argh, yes, crap. i dont know why i thought it would work.

wish my favorite compiler flavor would offer a bit more reflection :)

David Abrahams wrote:

>Stefan Seefeld <seefeld at sympatico.ca> writes:
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>>Leonard "paniq" Ritter wrote:
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>>>as far as i see, the second method is also possible as a template,
>>>and using overloads multiple versions of that def can be supported
>>>here's the simplest case, bit of pseudo
>>>template <typename L, typename T>
>>>L& def_autoname(T func)
>>>{
>>>   return def(parse(typeid(func).name()),func);
>>>}
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>>There is no guarantee that typeid(func).name() == "func", with gcc it is not.
>>It is mangled, and so not what you want.
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>Regardless, the function name has nothing to do with its type.
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>    int foo();
>    int bar();
>    assert(typeid(foo) == typeid(bar));
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