Feed template function element from tuple at runtime?

Question

In C++ I have a tuple with some elements in it:

std::tuple  my_tuple(3, \'q\');

And some template function that perfectly

Answer 1

n being a runtime value, it can't be used to instanciate a template at compile-time. Your switch works because you manually instanciate each std::get<N>, and wire them to the corresponding runtime value.

But yeah, it's a bit of a chore to write that braindead switch tree. Why not let the compiler generate the boilerplate with a bit of TMP ?

#include <tuple>
#include <cassert>
#include <iostream>

template <class T>
void my_function(T);

// Test specialisations to see what's going on
template <> void my_function(int i) { std::cout << "int " << i << '\n'; }
template <> void my_function(char c) { std::cout << "char " << c << '\n'; }

namespace detail {
    // Available in std in C++14
    template <bool P, class T>
    using enable_if_t = typename std::enable_if<P, T>::type;

    // Mockup function signature to pick up the call when enable_if shunts
    template <std::size_t N, class T = void>
    void callMyFunc(T&&, ...) {
        assert(!"Index not in range !");
    }

    // "Simple" recursive solution, removes itself from the overload set
    // to stop recursion
    template <std::size_t N, class... Ts,
        class = enable_if_t<N < sizeof...(Ts), void>>
    void callMyFunc(std::tuple<Ts...> &tuple, std::size_t n) {
        return n == N
            ? my_function(std::get<N>(tuple))
            : callMyFunc<N + 1>(tuple, n);
    }
}

// Tiny user-friendly wrapper
template <class... Ts>
void callMyFunc(std::tuple<Ts...> &tuple, std::size_t n) {
    detail::callMyFunc<0u>(tuple, n);
}

int main(int, char**) {
    std::tuple <int, char> my_tuple(3, 'q');

    // Success.
    callMyFunc(my_tuple, 0u);
    callMyFunc(my_tuple, 1u);

    return 0;
}

Answer 2

Following may help:

template <typename T> struct caller;

template <typename... Ts> struct caller<std::tuple<Ts...>>
{
    template <typename F>
    void operator() (F f, std::tuple<Ts...>& t, int n)
    {
        (*this)(f, t, n, std::index_sequence_for<Ts...>());
    }
private:
    template <typename F, std::size_t ... Is>
    void operator() (F f, std::tuple<Ts...>& t, int n, std::index_sequence<Is...>)
    {
        std::function<void(F, std::tuple<Ts...>&)> fs[] = { &helper<F, Is>... };
        fs[n](f, t);
    }

    template <typename F, std::size_t I>
    static void helper(F f, std::tuple<Ts...>& t)
    {
        f(std::get<I>(t));
    }

};

template <typename F, typename T>
void call(F f, T& t, int n)
{
    caller<T>()(f, t, n);
}

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