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  58.     This library allows to overload different functions into a single function object.
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  60. <div class="section">
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  61. <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
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  62. <a name="boost_functional_overloadedfunction.introduction"></a><a class="link" href="index.html#boost_functional_overloadedfunction.introduction" title="Introduction">Introduction</a>
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  63. </h2></div></div></div>
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  64. <p>
    65. 

  65.       Consider the following functions which have distinct signatures:
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  66.     </p>
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  67. <p>
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  68. </p>
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  69. <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">identity_s</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="comment">// Function (as pointer).</span>
    70. 

  70.     <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
    71. 

  71. 

  72. <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">identity_i_impl</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
    73. 

  73. <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">identity_i</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">identity_i_impl</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// Function reference.</span>
    74. 

  74. 

  75. <span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">identity_d_impl</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
    76. 

  76. <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">function</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">)&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">identity_d</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">identity_d_impl</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// Functor.</span>
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  77. </pre>
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  78. <p>
    79. 

  79.     </p>
    80. 

  80. <p>
    81. 

  81.       Instead of calling them using their separate names (here <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST</span></code>
    82. 

  82.       is equivalent to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">assert</span></code>):
    83. 

  83.       <a href="#ftn.boost_functional_overloadedfunction.introduction.f0" class="footnote" name="boost_functional_overloadedfunction.introduction.f0"><sup class="footnote">[1]</sup></a>
    84. 

  84.     </p>
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  85. <p>
    86. 

  86. </p>
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  87. <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">identity_s</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"abc"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="string">"abc"</span><span class="special">);</span>
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  88. <span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">identity_i</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">123</span><span class="special">);</span>
    89. 

  89. <span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">identity_d</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1.23</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">1.23</span><span class="special">);</span>
    90. 

  90. </pre>
    91. 

  91. <p>
    92. 

  92.     </p>
    93. 

  93. <p>
    94. 

  94.       It is possible to use this library to create a single <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_overloading" target="_top">overloaded</a>
    95. 

  95.       function object (or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functor" target="_top">functor</a>)
    96. 

  96.       named <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">identity</span></code> that aggregates
    97. 

  97.       together the calls to the specific functions (see also <a href="../../test/functor.cpp" target="_top"><code class="literal">functor.cpp</code></a>
    98. 

  98.       and <a href="../../test/identity.hpp" target="_top"><code class="literal">identity.hpp</code></a>):
    99. 

  99.     </p>
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  100. <p>
    101. 

  101. </p>
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  102. <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">overloaded_function</span><span class="special">&lt;</span>
    103. 

  103.       <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;)</span>
    104. 

  104.     <span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">)</span>
    105. 

  105.     <span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">)</span>
    106. 

  106. <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">identity</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">identity_s</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">identity_i</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">identity_d</span><span class="special">);</span>
    107. 

  107. 

  108. <span class="comment">// All calls via single `identity` function.</span>
    109. 

  109. <span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">identity</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"abc"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="string">"abc"</span><span class="special">);</span>
    110. 

  110. <span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">identity</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">123</span><span class="special">);</span>
    111. 

  111. <span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">identity</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1.23</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">1.23</span><span class="special">);</span>
    112. 

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    113. 

  113. <p>
    114. 

  114.     </p>
    115. 

  115. <p>
    116. 

  116.       Note how the functions are called via a single overloaded function object
    117. 

  117.       <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">identity</span></code> instead of using their
    118. 

  118.       different names <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">identity_s</span></code>,
    119. 

  119.       <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">identity_i</span></code>, and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">identity_d</span></code>.
    120. 

  120.     </p>
    121. 

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    123. 

  123. <br><hr style="width:100; text-align:left;margin-left: 0">
    124. 

  124. <div id="ftn.boost_functional_overloadedfunction.introduction.f0" class="footnote"><p><a href="#boost_functional_overloadedfunction.introduction.f0" class="para"><sup class="para">[1] </sup></a>
    125. 

  125.         In most of the examples presented in this documentation, the Boost.Core/LightweightTest
    126. 

  126.         (<code class="literal">boost/core/lightweight_test.hpp</code>) macro <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST</span></code> is used to check correctness
    127. 

  127.         conditions (conceptually similar to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">assert</span></code>).
    128. 

  128.         A failure of the checked condition does not abort the execution of the program,
    129. 

  129.         it will instead make <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">report_errors</span></code>
    130. 

  130.         return a non-zero program exit code. Using Boost.Core/LightweightTest allows
    131. 

  131.         to add the examples to the library regression tests so to make sure that
    132. 

  132.         they always compile and run correctly.
    133. 

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