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    operator==

    Hello, is there a way I can implement the ability to go (a==b==c) on instances instead of (a==b && b==c)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tux0r
    Hello, is there a way I can implement the ability to go (a==b==c) on instances instead of (a==b && b==c)
    I doubt you can do what you actually want to do. Besides, if you did manage it, people are likely to misinterpret it, thinking it either a mistake, or that it really means what it would normally mean. Just Say No.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    It's a bad habit from writing too much C code.

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    >> Hello, is there a way I can implement the ability to go (a==b==c) on instances instead of (a==b && b==c)

    As Laserlight pointed out, this would probably be the wrong approach. The best policy is to model conventional semantics in order to avoid confusion and prevent the introduction of unexpected bugs. Having said that, it is of course possible.

    Code:
    struct foo
    {
    	foo( int value = 0 )
    	: value( value )
    	{	}
    
    	struct proxy
    	{	
    		friend proxy operator == ( proxy const& lhs, foo const& rhs )
    		{
    			return lhs.ptr && equal( *lhs.ptr, rhs ) ? lhs : 0; 
    		}
    		
    		operator bool ( void )
    		{
    			return ptr != 0;
    		}
    
    		proxy( foo const* ptr )
    		: ptr( ptr )
    		{	}
    		
    		foo const*
    			ptr;
    	};
    
    	friend proxy operator == ( foo const& lhs, foo const& rhs )
    	{
    		return proxy( equal( lhs, rhs ) ? &rhs : 0 ); 
    	}
    	
    	friend bool equal( foo const& lhs, foo const& rhs )
    	{
    		return lhs.value == rhs.value;
    	}
    	
    	int
    		value;
    };
    
    int main( void )
    {
    	cout << bool( foo( 1024 ) == foo( 1024 ) == foo( 1024 ) ) << endl;
    	cout << bool( foo( 0 ) == foo( 1024 ) == foo( 1024 ) ) << endl;
    	cout << bool( foo( 1024 ) == foo( 0 ) == foo( 1024 ) ) << endl;
    	cout << bool( foo( 1024 ) == foo( 1024 ) == foo( 0 ) ) << endl;
    	return 0;
    }
    Code:
    #include <cmath>
    #include <complex>
    bool euler_flip(bool value)
    {
        return std::pow
        (
            std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), 
            std::complex<float>(0, 1) 
            * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0)
            *(1 << (value + 2)))
        ).real() < 0;
    }

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tux0r View Post
    It's a bad habit from writing too much C code.
    ? It doesn't work in C either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tux0r
    It's a bad habit from writing too much C code.
    I do not see how that is so. Its normal meaning in C is the same as in C++: you are comparing to see if the result of a==b is equal to c, not comparing to see if a, b and c are equal.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Obfuscation at its best.

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    By the way is there a STL algo for checking if all elemens in an array are equal? I didn't find one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tux0r
    By the way is there a STL algo for checking if all elemens in an array are equal? I didn't find one.
    I believe you can use std::adjacent_find with std::not_equal_to to find the first pair of adjacent elements that are not equal. If no such pair exists, all the elements in the array must be equal.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Or alternatively find_first_of, using not_equal_to bound to the first element.

    Edit: Hang on, not find_first_of, what am I thinking. What about count?
    Last edited by tabstop; 07-08-2009 at 10:41 AM.

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    Yeah I tried count but it looks like std::adjacent_find is the best solution.

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    What about equal_range?

    Code:
    #include <vector>
    #include <algorithm>
    #include <iostream>
    
    template<class Iterator>
    bool AreAllEqual(const Iterator& begin, const Iterator& end)
    {
        std::pair<Iterator, Iterator> equalRet = std::equal_range(begin, end, *begin);
        return ((equalRet.first == begin) && (equalRet.second == end));
    }
    
    template<class Container>
    bool AreAllEqual(const Container& cont)
    {
        return AreAllEqual(cont.begin(), cont.end());
    }
    
    
    int main(int argc, char ** argv)
    {
      std::vector<int> d;
      d.push_back(9);
      d.push_back(9);
      d.push_back(9);
      d.push_back(9);
      d.push_back(9);
      std::cout << "Container: " << std::boolalpha << AreAllEqual(d) << '\n';
      int* data = &d[0];
      std::cout << "Array: " << AreAllEqual(data, data + d.size()) << '\n';
    
      d.push_back(10);  
      std::cout << "Container with 10: " << AreAllEqual(d) << std::endl;
      data = &d[0];
      std::cout << "Array with 10: " << AreAllEqual(data, data + d.size()) << '\n';
    }

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    Quote Originally Posted by adeyblue
    What about equal_range?
    It requires a sorted range. If the range is sorted, we only need to compare the first and last elements to determine if all the elements are equal.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Probably the cleanest way would be to define your own function:

    Code:
    template <class Iter, class Pred>
    bool all(Iter from, Iter to, Pred pred);
    You can implement it using STL algorithms.
    I might be wrong.

    Thank you, anon. You sure know how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away.
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    Obviously, but I'm not the one who likes to reinvent the wheel.

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