1// Copyright (c) 2020-2024 Antony Polukhin
2//
3// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
4// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
5
6// Detection of type loophole.
7// Inspired by the blog post: http://alexpolt.github.io/type-loophole.html
8
9#include <type_traits>
10
11#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER <= 1916
12# error Compiler fails to do compile time computations for LoopHole. Fixed in later versions of the compiler
13// Error: boost/pfr/detail/core14_loophole.hpp(98): error C3779: 'boost::pfr::detail::loophole': a function that returns 'auto' cannot be used before it is defined
14#endif
15
16
17template <unsigned> struct tag{};
18
19template <class T, unsigned N>
20struct loophole_t {
21 friend auto loophole(tag<N>) { return T{}; };
22};
23
24auto loophole(tag<0>);
25
26int main() {
27 sizeof(loophole_t<unsigned, 0>);
28 static_assert( std::is_same<unsigned, decltype( loophole(tag<0>{}) ) >::value, "");
29}
30

source code of boost/libs/pfr/test/core/loophole_detection.cpp