Boost.Hana: boost::hana::literals Namespace Reference

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boost::hana::literals Namespace Reference

Namespace containing C++14 user-defined literals provided by Hana. More...

## Functions
template<char... c>
constexpr auto | operator""_c ()
| Creates a `hana::integral_constant` from a literal. More...
template<typename CharT , CharT... s>
constexpr auto | operator""_s ()
| Creates a compile-time string from a string literal. More...

## Detailed Description

Namespace containing C++14 user-defined literals provided by Hana.

## Function Documentation

template<char... c>

constexpr auto boost::hana::literals::operator""_c | ( |  | ) |

Creates a `hana::integral_constant` from a literal.

The literal is parsed at compile-time and the result is returned as a `llong<...>`.

Note
  We use `llong<...>` instead of `ullong<...>` because using an unsigned type leads to unexpected behavior when doing stuff like `-1_c`. If we used an unsigned type, `-1_c` would be something like `ullong<-1>` which is actually `ullong<something huge>`.

## Example

using namespace hana::literals; // contains the _c suffix
BOOST_HANA_CONSTANT_CHECK(1234_c == hana::llong_c<1234>);
BOOST_HANA_CONSTANT_CHECK(-1234_c == hana::llong_c<-1234>);
BOOST_HANA_CONSTANT_CHECK(1_c + (3_c * 4_c) == hana::llong_c<1 + (3 * 4)>);
template<typename CharT , CharT... s>

constexpr auto boost::hana::literals::operator""_s | ( |  | ) |

Creates a compile-time string from a string literal.

The string literal is parsed at compile-time and the result is returned as a `hana::string`. This feature is an extension that is disabled by default; see below for details.

Note
  Only narrow string literals are supported right now; support for fancier types of string literals like wide or UTF-XX might be added in the future if there is a demand for it. See this issue if you need this.

Warning
  This user-defined literal is an extension which requires a special string literal operator that is not part of the standard yet. That operator is supported by both Clang and GCC, and several proposals were made for it to enter C++17. However, since it is not standard, it is disabled by default and defining the `BOOST_HANA_CONFIG_ENABLE_STRING_UDL` config macro is required to get this operator. Hence, if you want to stay safe, just use the `BOOST_HANA_STRING` macro instead. If you want to be fast and furious (I do), define `BOOST_HANA_CONFIG_ENABLE_STRING_UDL`.

## Example

// Copyright Louis Dionne 2013-2016
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
// (See accompanying file LICENSE.md or copy at http://boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
#include <boost/hana/assert.hpp>
#include <boost/hana/config.hpp>
#include <boost/hana/core/is_a.hpp>
#include <boost/hana/equal.hpp>
#include <boost/hana/integral_constant.hpp>
#include <boost/hana/length.hpp>
#include <boost/hana/string.hpp>
namespace hana = boost::hana;
using namespace hana::literals;
// By default, this is disabled
#ifdef BOOST_HANA_CONFIG_ENABLE_STRING_UDL
constexpr auto str = "Hello world!"_s;
BOOST_HANA_CONSTANT_CHECK(str == hana::string_c<'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ' ',
'w', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd', '!'>);
BOOST_HANA_CONSTANT_CHECK(hana::is_a<hana::string_tag>(str));
BOOST_HANA_CONSTANT_CHECK(hana::length(str) == hana::size_c<12>);
#endif
int main() { }

References boost::hana::value.