How to avoid {} when using aggregate initialization with empty base class

Question

C++17\'s aggregate initialization for base class is awesome, but it is verbose when the base is only there to provide some functions (so no data members).

Here is mi

Answer 1

You can still provide constructor, for example:

template <typename T, std::size_t N> using always_t = T;

struct base_pod
{
    // functions like friend compare operator
};
template<typename T, typename Seq> struct der_pod_impl;

template<typename T, std::size_t ... Is>
struct der_pod_impl<T, std::index_sequence<Is...>> : base_pod
{
    der_pod_impl(always_t<T, Is>... args) : k{args...} {}

    T k[sizeof...(Is)];
};

template<typename T, std::size_t N>
using der_pod = der_pod_impl<T, std::make_index_sequence<N>>;

Demo