20 General utilities library [utilities]

20.15 Metaprogramming and type traits [meta]

20.15.4 Helper classes [meta.help]

namespace std { template<class T, T v> struct integral_constant { static constexpr T value = v; using value_type = T; using type = integral_constant<T, v>; constexpr operator value_type() const noexcept { return value; } constexpr value_type operator()() const noexcept { return value; } }; }
The class template integral_­constant, alias template bool_­constant, and its associated typedef-names true_­type and false_­type are used as base classes to define the interface for various type traits.