std::format_kind

 

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Defined in header <format>
template< class R > inline constexpr /* unspecified */ format_kind = /* unspecified */;	(1)	(since C++23)
template< ranges::input_range R >   requires std::same_as<R, std::remove_cvref_t<R>> inline constexpr range_format format_kind<R> = /* see description */;	(2)	(since C++23)

The variable template format_kind selects an appropriate std::range_format for a range R.

format_kind<R> is defined as follows:

• If std::same_as<std::remove_cvref_t<ranges​::​range_reference_t<R>>, R> is true, format_kind<R> is range_format​::​disabled.
• Otherwise, if R::key_type is valid and denotes a type:
  • If R::mapped_type is valid and denotes a type, let U be std::remove_cvref_t<ranges​::​range_reference_t<R>>. If either U is a specialization of std::pair or U is a specialization of std::tuple and std::tuple_size_v<U> == 2, format_kind<R> is range_format​::​map.
  • Otherwise, format_kind<R> is range_format​::​set.
• Otherwise, format_kind<R> is range_format​::​sequence.

A program that instantiates a primary template of the format_kind variable template is ill-formed.

User-provided specialization of format_kind is allowed as long as:

• R is cv-unqualified program-defined type,
• R satisfies input_range,
• its specialization shall be usable in constant expressions, and
• format_kind<R> has type const range_format.

Possible implementation

namespace detail { template< typename > inline constexpr bool is_pair_or_tuple_2 = false;   template< typename T, typename U > inline constexpr bool is_pair_or_tuple_2<std::pair<T, U>> = true;   template< typename... Ts > inline constexpr bool is_pair_or_tuple_2<std::tuple<Ts...>> = true;   template < typename T > requires std::is_reference_v<T> || std::is_const_v<T> inline constexpr bool is_pair_or_tuple_2<T> = is_pair_or_tuple_2<std::remove_cvref_t<T>>; }   template< class R > inline constexpr range_format format_kind = [] { static_assert(false, "instantiating a primary template is not allowed"); return range_format::disabled; }();   template< ranges::input_range R > requires std::same_as<R, std::remove_cvref_t<R>> inline constexpr range_format format_kind<R> = [] { if constexpr (std::same_as<std::remove_cvref_t<std::ranges::range_reference_t<R>>, R>) return range_format::disabled; else if constexpr (requires { typename R::key_type; }) { if constexpr (requires { typename R::mapped_type; } && detail::is_pair_or_tuple_2<std::ranges::range_reference_t<R>>) return range_format::map; else return range_format::set; } else return range_format::sequence; }();

Example

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#include <format>
#include <filesystem>
#include <vector>
#include <set>
#include <map>
 
struct A {};
 
int main()
{
  static_assert(std::format_kind<std::vector<int>> == std::range_format::sequence);
  static_assert(std::format_kind<std::map<int>> == std::range_format::map);
  static_assert(std::format_kind<std::set<int>> == std::range_format::set);
  static_assert(std::format_kind<std::filesystem::path> == std::range_format::disabled);
  // ill-formed:
  // static_assert(std::format_kind<A> == std::range_format::disabled);
}

See also

range_format (C++23)

specifies how a range should be formatted (enum)