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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * boost/type_traits/detail/common_type_imp.hpp
+ *
+ * Copyright 2010, Jeffrey Hellrung.
+ * Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.  (See accompanying
+ * file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+ *
+ * struct ndnboost::common_type<T,U>
+ *
+ * common_type<T,U>::type is the type of the expression
+ *     b() ? x() : y()
+ * where b() returns a bool, x() has return type T, and y() has return type U.
+ * See
+ *     http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2661.htm#common_type
+ *
+ * Note that this evaluates to void if one or both of T and U is void.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef BOOST_TYPE_TRAITS_DETAIL_COMMON_TYPE_IMP_HPP
+#define BOOST_TYPE_TRAITS_DETAIL_COMMON_TYPE_IMP_HPP
+
+#include <cstddef>
+
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/assert.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/at.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/begin_end.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/contains.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/copy.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/deref.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/eval_if.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/if.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/inserter.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/next.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/or.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/placeholders.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/push_back.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/size.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/vector/vector0.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/vector/vector10.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/integral_constant.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/is_enum.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/is_integral.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/make_signed.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/make_unsigned.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/remove_cv.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/remove_reference.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/utility/declval.hpp>
+
+namespace ndnboost
+{
+
+namespace detail_type_traits_common_type
+{
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * struct propagate_cv< From, To >
+ *
+ * This metafunction propagates cv-qualifiers on type From to type To.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+template< class From, class To >
+struct propagate_cv
+{ typedef To type; };
+template< class From, class To >
+struct propagate_cv< const From, To >
+{ typedef To const type; };
+template< class From, class To >
+struct propagate_cv< volatile From, To >
+{ typedef To volatile type; };
+template< class From, class To >
+struct propagate_cv< const volatile From, To >
+{ typedef To const volatile type; };
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * struct is_integral_or_enum<T>
+ *
+ * This metafunction determines if T is an integral type which can be made
+ * signed or unsigned.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+template< class T >
+struct is_integral_or_enum
+    : public mpl::or_< is_integral<T>, is_enum<T> >
+{ };
+template<>
+struct is_integral_or_enum< bool >
+    : public false_type
+{ };
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * struct make_unsigned_soft<T>
+ * struct make_signed_soft<T>
+ *
+ * These metafunction are identical to make_unsigned and make_signed,
+ * respectively, except for special-casing bool.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+template< class T >
+struct make_unsigned_soft
+    : public make_unsigned<T>
+{ };
+template<>
+struct make_unsigned_soft< bool >
+{ typedef bool type; };
+
+template< class T >
+struct make_signed_soft
+    : public make_signed<T>
+{ };
+template<>
+struct make_signed_soft< bool >
+{ typedef bool type; };
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * struct sizeof_t<N>
+ * typedef ... yes_type
+ * typedef ... no_type
+ *
+ * These types are integral players in the use of the "sizeof trick", i.e., we
+ * can distinguish overload selection by inspecting the size of the return type
+ * of the overload.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+template< std::size_t N > struct sizeof_t { char _dummy[N]; };
+typedef sizeof_t<1> yes_type;
+typedef sizeof_t<2> no_type;
+BOOST_MPL_ASSERT_RELATION( sizeof( yes_type ), ==, 1 );
+BOOST_MPL_ASSERT_RELATION( sizeof( no_type ), ==, 2 );
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * rvalue_test(T&) -> no_type
+ * rvalue_test(...) -> yes_type
+ *
+ * These overloads are used to determine the rvalue-ness of an expression.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+template< class T > no_type rvalue_test(T&);
+yes_type rvalue_test(...);
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * struct conversion_test_overloads< Sequence >
+ *
+ * This struct has multiple overloads of the static member function apply, each
+ * one taking a single parameter of a type within the Boost.MPL sequence
+ * Sequence.  Each such apply overload has a return type with sizeof equal to
+ * one plus the index of the parameter type within Sequence.  Thus, we can
+ * deduce the type T of an expression as long as we can generate a finite set of
+ * candidate types containing T via these apply overloads and the "sizeof
+ * trick".
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+template< class First, class Last, std::size_t Index >
+struct conversion_test_overloads_iterate
+    : public conversion_test_overloads_iterate<
+          typename mpl::next< First >::type, Last, Index + 1
+      >
+{
+    using conversion_test_overloads_iterate<
+        typename mpl::next< First >::type, Last, Index + 1
+    >::apply;
+    static sizeof_t< Index + 1 >
+    apply(typename mpl::deref< First >::type);
+};
+
+template< class Last, std::size_t Index >
+struct conversion_test_overloads_iterate< Last, Last, Index >
+{ static sizeof_t< Index + 1 > apply(...); };
+
+template< class Sequence >
+struct conversion_test_overloads
+    : public conversion_test_overloads_iterate<
+          typename mpl::begin< Sequence >::type,
+          typename mpl::end< Sequence >::type,
+          0
+      >
+{ };
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * struct select< Sequence, Index >
+ *
+ * select is synonymous with mpl::at_c unless Index equals the size of the
+ * Boost.MPL Sequence, in which case this evaluates to void.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+template<
+    class Sequence, int Index,
+    int N = mpl::size< Sequence >::value
+>
+struct select
+    : public mpl::at_c< Sequence, Index >
+{ };
+template< class Sequence, int N >
+struct select< Sequence, N, N >
+{ typedef void type; };
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * class deduce_common_type< T, U, NominalCandidates >
+ * struct nominal_candidates<T,U>
+ * struct common_type_dispatch_on_rvalueness<T,U>
+ * struct common_type_impl<T,U>
+ *
+ * These classes and structs implement the logic behind common_type, which goes
+ * roughly as follows.  Let C be the type of the conditional expression
+ *     declval< bool >() ? declval<T>() : declval<U>()
+ * if C is an rvalue, then:
+ *     let T' and U' be T and U stripped of reference- and cv-qualifiers
+ *     if T' and U' are pointer types, say, T' = V* and U' = W*, then:
+ *         define the set of NominalCandidates to be
+ *             { V*, W*, V'*, W'* }
+ *           where V' is V with whatever cv-qualifiers are on W, and W' is W
+ *           with whatever cv-qualifiers are on V
+ *     else if T' and U' are both integral or enum types, then:
+ *         define the set of NominalCandidates to be
+ *             {
+ *                 unsigned_soft(T'),
+ *                 unsigned_soft(U'),
+ *                 signed_soft(T'),
+ *                 signed_soft(U'),
+ *                 T',
+ *                 U',
+ *                 unsigned int,
+ *                 int
+ *             }
+ *           where unsigned_soft(X) is make_unsigned_soft<X>::type and
+ *           signed_soft(X) is make_signed_soft<X>::type (these are all
+ *           generally necessary to cover the various integral promotion cases)
+ *     else
+ *         define the set of NominalCandidates to be
+ *             { T', U' }
+ * else
+ *     let V and W be T and U stripped of reference-qualifiers
+ *     define the set of NominalCandidates to be
+ *         { V&, W&, V'&, W'& }
+ *     where V' is V with whatever cv-qualifiers are on W, and W' is W with
+ *       whatever cv-qualifiers are on V
+ * define the set of Candidates to be equal to the set of NominalCandidates with
+ * duplicates removed, and use this set of Candidates to determine C using the
+ * conversion_test_overloads struct
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+template< class T, class U, class NominalCandidates >
+class deduce_common_type
+{
+    typedef typename mpl::copy<
+        NominalCandidates,
+        mpl::inserter<
+            mpl::vector0<>,
+            mpl::if_<
+                mpl::contains< mpl::_1, mpl::_2 >,
+                mpl::_1,
+                mpl::push_back< mpl::_1, mpl::_2 >
+            >
+        >
+    >::type candidate_types;
+    static const int best_candidate_index =
+        sizeof( conversion_test_overloads< candidate_types >::apply(
+            declval< bool >() ? declval<T>() : declval<U>()
+        ) ) - 1;
+public:
+    typedef typename select< candidate_types, best_candidate_index >::type type;
+};
+
+template<
+    class T, class U,
+    class V = typename remove_cv< typename remove_reference<T>::type >::type,
+    class W = typename remove_cv< typename remove_reference<U>::type >::type,
+    bool = is_integral_or_enum<V>::value && is_integral_or_enum<W>::value
+>
+struct nominal_candidates
+{ typedef mpl::vector2<V,W> type; };
+
+template< class T, class U, class V, class W >
+struct nominal_candidates< T, U, V, W, true >
+{
+    typedef ndnboost::mpl::vector8<
+        typename make_unsigned_soft<V>::type,
+        typename make_unsigned_soft<W>::type,
+        typename make_signed_soft<V>::type,
+        typename make_signed_soft<W>::type,
+        V, W, unsigned int, int
+    > type;
+};
+
+template< class T, class U, class V, class W >
+struct nominal_candidates< T, U, V*, W*, false >
+{
+    typedef mpl::vector4<
+        V*, W*,
+        typename propagate_cv<W,V>::type *,
+        typename propagate_cv<V,W>::type *
+    > type;
+};
+
+template<class T, class U, bool b>
+struct common_type_dispatch_on_rvalueness
+    : public deduce_common_type< T, U, typename nominal_candidates<T,U>::type >
+{ };
+
+template< class T, class U >
+struct common_type_dispatch_on_rvalueness< T, U, false >
+{
+private:
+    typedef typename remove_reference<T>::type unrefed_T_type;
+    typedef typename remove_reference<U>::type unrefed_U_type;
+public:
+    typedef typename deduce_common_type<
+        T, U,
+        mpl::vector4<
+            unrefed_T_type &,
+            unrefed_U_type &,
+            typename propagate_cv< unrefed_U_type, unrefed_T_type >::type &,
+            typename propagate_cv< unrefed_T_type, unrefed_U_type >::type &
+        >
+    >::type type;
+};
+
+template< class T, class U >
+struct common_type_impl
+    : public common_type_dispatch_on_rvalueness<T,U, sizeof( ::ndnboost::detail_type_traits_common_type::rvalue_test(
+        declval< bool >() ? declval<T>() : declval<U>() ) ) == sizeof( yes_type ) >
+{ };
+
+template< class T > struct common_type_impl< T, void > { typedef void type; };
+template< class T > struct common_type_impl< void, T > { typedef void type; };
+template<> struct common_type_impl< void, void > { typedef void type; };
+
+} // namespace detail_type_traits_common_type
+
+
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+#endif // BOOST_TYPE_TRAITS_DETAIL_COMMON_TYPE_HPP
+