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</p><p>This feature is used in template metaprogramming.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="sfinae.html#Expression_SFINAE"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Expression SFINAE</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="sfinae.html#Library_support"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Library support</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="sfinae.html#Alternatives"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Alternatives</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="sfinae.html#Examples"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Examples</span></a></li>
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/sfinae&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Explanation">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Explanation">Explanation</span></h3>
<p>Function template parameters are substituted (replaced by template arguments) twice:
</p>
<ul><li> explicitly specified template arguments are substituted before template argument deduction
</li><li> deduced arguments and the arguments obtained from the defaults are substituted after template argument deduction
</li></ul>
<p>Substitution occurs in
</p>
<ul><li> all types used in the function type (which includes return type and the types of all parameters)
</li><li> all types used in the template parameter declarations
</li></ul>
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<ul><li> all expressions used in the function type
</li><li> all expressions used in a template parameter declaration
</li></ul>
</td>
<td><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(since C++11)</span></td></tr>
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<p>A <i>substitution failure</i> is any situation when the type or expression above would be ill-formed (with a required diagnostic), if written using the substituted arguments.
</p><p>Only the failures in the types and expressions in the <i>immediate context</i> of the function type or its template parameter types are SFINAE errors. If the evaluation of a substituted type/expression causes a side-effect such as instantiation of some template specialization, generation of an implicitly-defined member function, etc, errors in those side-effects are treated as hard errors.
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<p>Substitution proceeds in lexical order and stops when a failure is encountered.
</p>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">typename</span> SomeType<span class="sy1">></span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> inner_type <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw1">typedef</span> <span class="kw1">typename</span> SomeType<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">type</span> type<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span>
<span class="kw1">class</span> T,
<span class="kw1">class</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="kw1">typename</span> T<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">type</span>, <span class="co1">// SFINAE failure if T has no member type</span>
<span class="kw1">class</span> U <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="kw1">typename</span> inner_type<span class="sy1"><</span>T<span class="sy1">></span><span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">type</span> <span class="co1">// hard error if T has no member type</span>
<span class="co1">// (guaranteed to not occur as of C++14)</span>
<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">void</span> foo <span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span></pre></div></div></td>
<td><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx14">(since C++14)</span></td></tr></table>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/sfinae&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Type SFINAE">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Type_SFINAE">Type SFINAE</span></h3>
<p>The following type errors are SFINAE errors:
</p>
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<ul><li> attempting to instantiate a pack expansion containing multiple packs of different lengths
</li></ul>
</td>
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<ul><li> attempting to create an array of void, array of reference, array of function, array of abstract class types, array of negative size, or array of size zero.
</li></ul>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw4">int</span> I<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">void</span> div<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">char</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">[</span>I <span class="sy2">%</span> <span class="nu0">2</span> <span class="sy1">==</span> <span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">]</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span>
<span class="co1">// this overload is selected when I is even</span>
<span class="br0">}</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw4">int</span> I<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">void</span> div<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">char</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">[</span>I <span class="sy2">%</span> <span class="nu0">2</span> <span class="sy1">==</span> <span class="nu0">1</span><span class="br0">]</span> <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span>
<span class="co1">// this overload is selected when I is odd</span>
<span class="br0">}</span></pre></div></div>
<ul><li> attempting to use a type that is not a class or enumeration on the left of a scope resolution operator <code><b>::</b></code>
</li></ul>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">int</span> f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw1">typename</span> T<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">B</span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">int</span> f<span class="br0">(</span>T<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> i <span class="sy1">=</span> f<span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="sy1">></span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// uses second overload</span></pre></div></div>
<ul><li> attempting to use a member of a type, where
</li></ul>
<dl><dd><ul><li> the type does not contain the specified member
</li><li> the specified member is not a type where a type is required
</li><li> the specified member is not a template where a template is required
</li><li> the specified member is not a non-type where a non-type is required
</li></ul>
</dd></dl>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw4">int</span> I<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw1">struct</span> X <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw1">class</span><span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw1">struct</span> Z <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">void</span> f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw1">typename</span> T<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">Y</span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">{</span><span class="br0">}</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">void</span> g<span class="br0">(</span>X<span class="sy1"><</span>T<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">N</span><span class="sy1">></span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">{</span><span class="br0">}</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">void</span> h<span class="br0">(</span>Z<span class="sy1"><</span>T<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="kw1">template</span> TT<span class="sy1">></span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">{</span><span class="br0">}</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> A <span class="br0">{</span><span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> B <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> Y<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> C <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw1">typedef</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> N<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> D <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw1">typedef</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> TT<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> B1 <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw1">typedef</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> Y<span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> C1 <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw4">static</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="kw4">int</span> N <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="nu0">0</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> D1 <span class="br0">{</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">typename</span> T<span class="sy1">></span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> TT
<span class="br0">{</span>
<span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> main<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span>
<span class="co1">// Deduction fails in each of these cases:</span>
f<span class="sy1"><</span>A<span class="sy1">></span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// A does not contain a member Y</span>
f<span class="sy1"><</span>B<span class="sy1">></span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// The Y member of B is not a type</span>
g<span class="sy1"><</span>C<span class="sy1">></span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// The N member of C is not a non-type</span>
h<span class="sy1"><</span>D<span class="sy1">></span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// The TT member of D is not a template</span>
 
<span class="co1">// Deduction succeeds in each of these cases:</span>
f<span class="sy1"><</span>B1<span class="sy1">></span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
g<span class="sy1"><</span>C1<span class="sy1">></span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
h<span class="sy1"><</span>D1<span class="sy1">></span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">}</span>
<span class="co1">// todo: needs to demonstrate overload resolution, not just failure</span></pre></div></div>
<ul><li> attempting to create a pointer to reference
</li><li> attempting to create a reference to void
</li><li> attempting to create pointer to member of T, where T is not a class type
</li></ul>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">typename</span> T<span class="sy1">></span>
<span class="kw1">class</span> is_class <span class="br0">{</span>
<span class="kw1">typedef</span> <span class="kw4">char</span> yes<span class="br0">[</span><span class="nu0">1</span><span class="br0">]</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">typedef</span> <span class="kw4">char</span> no <span class="br0">[</span><span class="nu0">2</span><span class="br0">]</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">typename</span> C<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">static</span> yes<span class="sy3">&</span> test<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span> C<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// selected if C is a class type</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">typename</span> C<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">static</span> no<span class="sy3">&</span> test<span class="br0">(</span>...<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// selected otherwise</span>
<span class="kw1">public</span><span class="sy4">:</span>
<span class="kw4">static</span> <span class="kw4">bool</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> value <span class="sy1">=</span> sizeof<span class="br0">(</span>test<span class="sy1"><</span>T<span class="sy1">></span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="sy1">==</span> sizeof<span class="br0">(</span>yes<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span></pre></div></div>
<ul><li> attempting to give an invalid type to a non-type template parameter
</li></ul>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T, T<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw1">struct</span> S <span class="br0">{</span><span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">int</span> f<span class="br0">(</span>S<span class="sy1"><</span>T, T<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy1">></span><span class="sy2">*</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> X <span class="br0">{</span><span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> i0 <span class="sy1">=</span> f<span class="sy1"><</span>X<span class="sy1">></span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="co1">// todo: needs to demonstrate overload resolution, not just failure</span></pre></div></div>
<ul><li> attempting to perform an invalid conversion in
</li></ul>
<dl><dd><ul><li> in a template argument expression
</li><li> in an expression used in function declaration
</li></ul>
</dd></dl>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T, T<span class="sy2">*</span><span class="sy1">></span> <span class="kw4">int</span> f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw4">int</span> i2 <span class="sy1">=</span> f<span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw4">int</span>,<span class="nu0">1</span><span class="sy1">></span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">0</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// can’t conv 1 to int*</span>
<span class="co1">// todo: needs to demonstrate overload resolution, not just failure</span></pre></div></div>
<ul><li> attempting to create a function type with a parameter of type void
</li><li> attempting to create a function type which returns an array type or a function type
</li></ul>
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<ul><li> attempting to create a cv-qualified function type
</li></ul>
</td>
<td><span class="t-mark-rev t-until-cxx11">(until C++11)</span></td></tr><tr class="t-rev t-since-cxx11"><td>
<ul><li> attempting to create a function type with a parameter or return type that is an <a href="abstract_class.html" title="cpp/language/abstract class">abstract class</a>.
</li></ul>
</td>
<td><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(since C++11)</span></td></tr></table>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/sfinae&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Expression SFINAE">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Expression_SFINAE">Expression SFINAE</span></h3>
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<p>The following expression errors are SFINAE errors
</p>
<ul><li> Ill-formed expression used in a template parameter type
</li><li> Ill-formed expression used in the function type
</li></ul>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="kw1">struct</span> X <span class="br0">{</span><span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw1">struct</span> Y <span class="br0">{</span> Y<span class="br0">(</span>X<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">{</span><span class="br0">}</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// X is convertible to Y</span>
 
<span class="kw1">template</span> <span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> T<span class="sy1">></span>
<span class="kw4">auto</span> f<span class="br0">(</span>T t1, T t2<span class="br0">)</span> <span class="sy2">-</span><span class="sy1">></span> decltype<span class="br0">(</span>t1 <span class="sy2">+</span> t2<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// overload #1</span>
 
X f<span class="br0">(</span>Y, Y<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// overload #2</span>
 
X x1, x2<span class="sy4">;</span>
X x3 <span class="sy1">=</span> f<span class="br0">(</span>x1, x2<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span> <span class="co1">// deduction fails on #1 (expression x1+x2 is ill-formed)</span>
<span class="co1">// only #2 is in the overload set, and is called</span></pre></div></div>
</td>
<td><span class="t-mark-rev t-since-cxx11">(since C++11)</span></td></tr>
<tr class="t-rev t-until-cxx11"><td>
<p>Only constant expressions that are used in types (such as array bounds) were required to be treated as SFINAE (and not hard errors) before C++11.
</p>
</td>
<td><span class="t-mark-rev t-until-cxx11">(until C++11)</span></td></tr>
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<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/sfinae&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Library support">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Library_support">Library support</span></h3>
<p>The standard library component <span class="t-lc"><a href="../types/enable_if.html" title="cpp/types/enable if">std::enable_if</a></span> allows for creating a substitution failure in order to enable or disable particular overloads based on a condition evaluated at compile time.
</p><p>The standard library component <span class="t-lc"><a href="../types/void_t.html" title="cpp/types/void t">std::void_t</a></span> is another utility metafunction that simplifies SFINAE applications.
</p><p>In addition, many <a href="../types.html" title="cpp/types">type traits</a> are implemented using SFINAE.
</p>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/sfinae&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Alternatives">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Alternatives">Alternatives</span></h3>
<p>Where applicable, <a href="../iterator/iterator_tags.html#Example" title="cpp/iterator/iterator tags">tag dispatch</a>, <a href="static_assert.html" title="cpp/language/static assert">static_assert</a>, and, if available, <a href="concepts.html" title="cpp/language/concepts" class="mw-redirect">concepts</a>, are usually preferred over direct use of SFINAE.
</p>
<h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/language/sfinae&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Examples">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Examples">Examples</span></h3>
<div class="t-example"><p>A common idiom is to use expression SFINAE on the return type, where the expression uses the comma operator, whose left subexpression is the one that is being examined (cast to void to ensure the user-defined operator comma on the returned type is not selected), and the right subexpression has the type that the function is supposed to return.
</p><div class="t-example-live-link"><div class="coliru-btn coliru-btn-run-init">Run this code</div></div>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="co2">#include <iostream></span>
 
<span class="co1">// this overload is always in the set of overloads</span>
<span class="co1">// ellipsis parameter has the lowest ranking for overload resolution</span>
<span class="kw4">void</span> test<span class="br0">(</span>...<span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">{</span>
<a href="../io/cout.html"><span class="kw1481">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1"><<</span> <span class="st0">"Catch-all overload called<span class="es1">\n</span>"</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">}</span>
 
<span class="co1">// this overload is added to the set of overloads if</span>
<span class="co1">// C is a reference-to-class type and F is a member function pointer</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> C, <span class="kw1">class</span> F<span class="sy1">></span>
<span class="kw4">auto</span> test<span class="br0">(</span>C c, F f<span class="br0">)</span> <span class="sy2">-</span><span class="sy1">></span> decltype<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">void</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span>c.<span class="sy2">*</span>f<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span>, <span class="kw4">void</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">{</span>
<a href="../io/cout.html"><span class="kw1481">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1"><<</span> <span class="st0">"Reference overload called<span class="es1">\n</span>"</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">}</span>
 
<span class="co1">// this overload is added to the set of overloads if</span>
<span class="co1">// C is a pointer-to-class type and F is a member function pointer</span>
<span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1"><</span><span class="kw1">class</span> C, <span class="kw1">class</span> F<span class="sy1">></span>
<span class="kw4">auto</span> test<span class="br0">(</span>C c, F f<span class="br0">)</span> <span class="sy2">-</span><span class="sy1">></span> decltype<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">void</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">(</span>c<span class="sy2">-</span><span class="sy1">></span><span class="sy2">*</span>f<span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span>, <span class="kw4">void</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span>
<span class="br0">{</span>
<a href="../io/cout.html"><span class="kw1481">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1"><<</span> <span class="st0">"Pointer overload called<span class="es1">\n</span>"</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">}</span>
 
<span class="kw1">struct</span> X <span class="br0">{</span> <span class="kw4">void</span> f<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span><span class="br0">}</span> <span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
 
<span class="kw4">int</span> main<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">{</span>
X x<span class="sy4">;</span>
test<span class="br0">(</span> x, <span class="sy3">&</span>X<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">f</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
test<span class="br0">(</span><span class="sy3">&</span>x, <span class="sy3">&</span>X<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">f</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
test<span class="br0">(</span><span class="nu0">42</span>, <span class="nu0">1337</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">}</span></pre></div></div>
<p>Output:
</p>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="text source-text"><pre class="de1">Reference overload called
Pointer overload called
Catch-all overload called</pre></div></div>
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