Substitution failure is not an error (SFINAE) for enum

问题

Is there a way to use Substitution failure is not an error (SFINAE) for enum?

template <typename T>
struct Traits
{
}
template <>
struct Traits<A>
{
};
template <>
struct Traits<B>
{
  enum
  {
     iOption = 1
  };
};

template <T>
void Do()
{
  // use Traits<T>::iOption
};

Then, Do<B>(); works and Do<A>(); fails. However, I can supply a default behavior when iOption does not exist. So I separate out some part of Do to DoOption.

template <typename T, bool bOptionExist>
void DoOption()
{
  // can't use Traits<T>::iOption. do some default behavior 
};
template <typename T>
void DoOption<T, true>()
{ 
  // use Traits<T>::iOption
};
template <T>
void Do()
{
  // 'Do' does not use Traits<T>::iOption. Such codes are delegated to DoOption.
  DoOption<T, DoesOptionExist<T> >();
};

Now, the missing piece is DoesOptionExist<T> - a way to check whether iOption exists in the struct. Certainly SFINAE works for function name or function signature, but not sure it works for enum value.

回答1:

If you can use C++11, this is completely trivial:

template<class T>
struct has_nested_option{
  typedef char yes;
  typedef yes (&no)[2];

  template<class U>
  static yes test(decltype(U::option)*);
  template<class U>
  static no  test(...);

  static bool const value = sizeof(test<T>(0)) == sizeof(yes);
};

The C++03 version is (surprisingly) similar:

template<class T>
struct has_nested_option{
  typedef char yes;
  typedef yes (&no)[2];

  template<int>
  struct test2;

  template<class U>
  static yes test(test2<U::option>*);
  template<class U>
  static no  test(...);

  static bool const value = sizeof(test<T>(0)) == sizeof(yes);
};

Usage:

struct foo{
  enum { option = 1 };
};

struct bar{};

#include <type_traits>

template<class T>
typename std::enable_if<
  has_nested_option<T>::value
>::type Do(){
}

int main(){
  Do<foo>();
  Do<bar>(); // error here, since you provided no other viable overload
}

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8597394/substitution-failure-is-not-an-error-sfinae-for-enum

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