libcruft-util/variadic.hpp

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#ifndef CRUFT_UTIL_VARIADIC_HPP
#define CRUFT_UTIL_VARIADIC_HPP

#include <cstddef>
#include <type_traits>
#include <utility>


namespace util::variadic {
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    /// do nothing with a set of parameters.
    ///
    /// useful for temporarily silencing unused argument warnings in parameter
    /// packs, or for avoiding assignment of [[gnu::warn_unused_result]] to a
    /// temporary value we'd just cast to void anyway (GCC#66425).
    ///
    /// it is guaranteed that this function will never be defined out in
    /// debug/release/whatever builds. so it is safe to use to guarantee
    /// parameter evaluation.
    template <typename ...Args>
    void
    ignore (const Args&...) noexcept ((std::is_nothrow_destructible_v<Args> && ...))
    { ; }


    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    /// Returns the argument at index `IndexV', as if we called:
    ///     std::get<N> (std::make_tuple (...))
    template <std::size_t IndexV, typename HeadT, typename ...TailT>
    auto
    get (HeadT &&head, TailT &&...tail) noexcept ((std::is_nothrow_move_constructible_v<TailT> && ...))
    {
        static_assert (IndexV < sizeof... (TailT) + 1, "Index is out of bounds");

        if constexpr (IndexV == 0)
            return std::forward<HeadT> (head);
        else
            return get<IndexV-1> (std::forward<TailT> (tail)...);
    }
}


#endif