exprtmpl/exprscalar.hpp

The following code example is taken from the book
C++ Templates - The Complete Guide
by David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 2002
© Copyright David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis 2002


// class for objects that represent scalars
template <typename T>
class A_Scalar {
  private:
    T const& s;  // value of the scalar

  public:
    // constructor initializes value
    A_Scalar (T const& v)
     : s(v) {
    }

    // for index operations the scalar is the value of each element
    T operator[] (size_t) const {
        return s;
    }

    // scalars have zero as size
    size_t size() const {
        return 0;
    };
};