It's possible to write a generic function (for example min
) which accepts various numerical types and arbitrary argument count by template meta-programming. This function declares a min
for two arguments and recursively for more.
template <typename T1, typename T2>
auto min(const T1 &a, const T2 &b)
-> typename std::common_type<const T1&, const T2&>::type
{
return a < b ? a : b;
}
template <typename T1, typename T2, typename ... Args>
auto min(const T1 &a, const T2 &b, const Args& ... args)
-> typename std::common_type<const T1&, const T2&, const Args& ...>::type
{
return min(min(a, b), args...);
}
auto minimum = min(4, 5.8f, 3, 1.8, 3, 1.1, 9);