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SubjectRe: Expose 'array_length()' macro in <sys/param.h>
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* Jonathan Wakely:

> I don't see much point in using std::size here. If you're going to
> provide the alternative implementation for when std::size isn't
> defined, why not just use it always?
>
> template<typename _Tp, std::size_t _Num>
> #if __cplusplus >= 201103L
> constexpr
> #endif
> inline std::size_t
> __array_length(const _Tp(&)[_Num]) __THROW
> {
> return _Num;
> }
>
> This only requires <cstddef>, not <iterator>.

I agree that this is an advantage. But the version without constexpr is
not sufficient because __array_length does not produce a constant
expression.

I've seen something like this used instead:

template<typename _Tp, std::size_t _Num>
char (&___array_length(const _Tp(&)[_Num]))[_Num];
#define __array_length(v) (sizeof(___array_length(v)))

If the function type is too cute, a helper struct could be used instead.

Thanks,
Florian
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