From d6deac54dd372c946942637636846893694ce521 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Stoelp <johannes.stoelp@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 22:57:27 +0200
Subject: c++: improve void_t explanation

---
 src/development/c++/Makefile       |  2 +-
 src/development/c++/tmpl-void_t.cc | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/development/c++/tmpl-void_t.cc

(limited to 'src/development/c++')

diff --git a/src/development/c++/Makefile b/src/development/c++/Makefile
index 1d5172b..ca752d9 100644
--- a/src/development/c++/Makefile
+++ b/src/development/c++/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SRC = concepts-11.cc meta.cc meta2.cc meta4.cc tmpl-pair.cc
+SRC = concepts-11.cc meta.cc meta2.cc meta4.cc tmpl-pair.cc tmpl-void_t.cc
 BIN = $(SRC:.cc=)
 
 all: $(BIN)
diff --git a/src/development/c++/tmpl-void_t.cc b/src/development/c++/tmpl-void_t.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd95315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/development/c++/tmpl-void_t.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2023 johannst
+
+#include <type_traits>
+
+// (1) Primary template.
+template<typename T, typename = void>
+struct is_valid : std::false_type {};
+
+// (2) Partial template specialization.
+template<typename T>
+struct is_valid<T, std::void_t<decltype(std::declval<T>().some_fun1()),
+                               decltype(std::declval<T>().some_fun2())>> : std::true_type {};
+struct A {
+    void some_fun1() {}
+    void some_fun2() {}
+};
+
+struct B {};
+
+static_assert(is_valid<A>::value, "is true");
+// * Compare template arg list with primary template, we only supplied one
+//   arg, the second one will be defaulted as
+//   is_valid<A, void>
+// * Compare template arg list against available specializations, this will
+//   try to match the pattern <A, void> against the patterns defined in the
+//   partial specializations.
+// * Try specialization (2)
+//   * T -> A
+//   * Evaluate std::void_t -> decltype's are well-formed
+//     std::void_t<...> -> void
+//   * Specialization (2) matches <A, void>
+// * Pick the most specialized version -> (2)
+
+static_assert(!is_valid<B>::value, "is false");
+// * Compare template arg list with primary template, we only supplied one
+//   arg, the second one will be defaulted as
+//   is_valid<A, void>
+// * Compare template arg list against available specializations, this will
+//   try to match the pattern <B, void> against the patterns defined in the
+//   partial specializations.
+// * Try specialization (2)
+//   * T -> B
+//   * Evaluate std::void_t -> decltype's are ill-formed
+//   * Specialization (2) is removed from candidate set, no hard error (SFINAE)
+// * No specialization matches, take the primary template.
+
+int main() {}
-- 
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