traits/accum4.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


#ifndef ACCUM_HPP
#define ACCUM_HPP

#include "accumtraits4.hpp"

template <typename T>
inline
typename AccumulationTraits<T>::AccT accum (T const* beg,
                                            T const* end) 
{
    // return type is traits of the element type
    typedef typename AccumulationTraits<T>::AccT AccT;

    AccT total = AccumulationTraits<T>::zero();
    while (beg != end) {
        total += *beg;
        ++beg;
    }
    return total;
}

#endif // ACCUM_HPP