20
General utilities library
[utilities]
20.2
Utility components
[utility]
20.2.6
Function template
declval
[declval]
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#
The library provides the function template
declval
to simplify the definition of expressions which occur as
unevaluated operands
.
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template
<
class
T
>
add_rvalue_reference_t
<
T
>
declval
(
)
noexcept
;
// as unevaluated operand
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#
Mandates
: This function is not odr-used (
[basic.
def.
odr]
)
.
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#
Remarks
: The template parameter
T
of
declval
may be an incomplete type
.
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#
[
Example
1
:
template
<
class
To,
class
From
>
decltype
(
static_cast
<
To
>
(
declval
<
From
>
(
)
)
)
convert
(
From
&
&
)
;
declares a function template
convert
which only participates in overload resolution if the type
From
can be explicitly converted to type
To
.
For another example see class template
common_type
(
[meta.
trans.
other]
)
.
—
end example
]