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  29. <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">phoenix</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">core</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
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  32. Whenever we see a constant in a partially applied function, an
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  34. <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span>
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  37. (where T is the type of the constant) is automatically created for us.
  38. For instance:
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  40. <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">arg1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">6</span><span class="special">)</span>
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  43. Passing a second argument, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">6</span></code>,
  44. an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code> is implicitly created behind the
  45. scenes. This is also equivalent to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">add</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">arg1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">6</span><span class="special">))</span></code>.
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  47. <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">)</span>
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  50. generates an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code>
  51. where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is the type of
  52. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">x</span></code>. In most cases, there's
  53. no need to explicitly use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">val</span></code>,
  54. but, as we'll see later on, there are situations where this is unavoidable.
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  56. <a name="phoenix.modules.core.values.evaluating_a_value"></a><h3>
  57. <a name="id807608"></a>
  58. <a class="link" href="values.html#phoenix.modules.core.values.evaluating_a_value">Evaluating
  59. a Value</a>
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  62. Like arguments, values are also actors. As such, values can be evaluated.
  63. Invoking a value gives the value's identity. Example:
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  65. <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)()</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Hello World"</span><span class="special">)();</span>
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  68. prints out "3 Hello World".
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