Defined in header <memory> | ||
|---|---|---|
template< class Ptr > struct pointer_traits; | (1) | (since C++11) |
template< class T > struct pointer_traits<T*>; | (2) | (since C++11) |
The pointer_traits class template provides the standardized way to access certain properties of pointer-like types (fancy pointers, such as boost::interprocess::offset_ptr). The standard template std::allocator_traits relies on pointer_traits to determine the defaults for various typedefs required by Allocator.
pointer_traits conditionally declares the following members: Let /*element-type-of*/<Ptr> be.
Ptr::element_type if present; T if Ptr is a class template specialization Template<T, Args...>, where Args... is zero or more type arguments; If /*element-type-of*/<Ptr> is not defined, the primary template has no members specified in this page.
| Type | Definition |
|---|---|
pointer | Ptr |
element_type | /*element-type-of*/<Ptr> |
difference_type | Ptr::difference_type if present, otherwise std::ptrdiff_t |
| Template | Definition |
|---|---|
template <class U> using rebind | Ptr::rebind<U> if exists, otherwise Template<U, Args...> if Ptr is a template specialization Template<T, Args...> |
|
[static] | obtains a dereferenceable pointer to its argument (public static member function) |
T*, which declares the following members: | Type | Definition |
|---|---|
pointer | T* |
element_type | T |
difference_type | std::ptrdiff_t |
| Template | Definition |
|---|---|
template< class U > using rebind | U* |
|
[static] | obtains a dereferenceable pointer to its argument (public static member function) |
|
[static] (C++20)(optional) | obtains a raw pointer from a fancy pointer (inverse of pointer_to) (public static member function) |
The rebind member template alias makes it possible, given a pointer-like type that points to T, to obtain the same pointer-like type that points to U. For example,
using another_pointer = std::pointer_traits<std::shared_ptr<int>>::rebind<double>; static_assert(std::is_same<another_pointer, std::shared_ptr<double>>::value);
| A specialization for user-defined fancy pointer types may provide an additional static member function | (since C++20) |
| Feature-test macro | Value | Std | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
__cpp_lib_constexpr_memory | 201811L | (C++20) | Constexpr in std::pointer_traits |
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
template<class Ptr>
struct BlockList
{
// Predefine a memory block
struct block;
// Define a pointer to a memory block from the kind of pointer Ptr s
// If Ptr is any kind of T*, block_ptr_t is block*
// If Ptr is smart_ptr<T>, block_ptr_t is smart_ptr<block>
using block_ptr_t = typename std::pointer_traits<Ptr>::template rebind<block>;
struct block
{
std::size_t size{};
block_ptr_t next_block{};
};
block_ptr_t free_blocks;
};
int main()
{
[[maybe_unused]]
BlockList<int*> bl1;
// The type of bl1.free_blocks is BlockList<int*>:: block*
BlockList<std::shared_ptr<char>> bl2;
// The type of bl2.free_blocks is
// std::shared_ptr< BlockList<std::shared_ptr<char> >::block>
std::cout << bl2.free_blocks.use_count() << '\n';
}Output:
0
The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.
| DR | Applied to | Behavior as published | Correct behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| LWG 3545 | C++11 | primary template caused hard error when element_type is invalid | made SFINAE-friendly |
|
(C++11) | provides information about allocator types (class template) |
|
(C++11) | obtains actual address of an object, even if the & operator is overloaded (function template) |
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