traits/accum7.cpp

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


#include "accum6.hpp"
#include <iostream>

class MultPolicy {
  public:
    template<typename T1, typename T2>
    static void accumulate (T1& total, T2 const& value) {
        total *= value;
    }
};

int main()
{
    // create array of 5 integer values
    int num[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };

    // print product of all values
    std::cout << "the product of the integer values is "
              << Accum<int,MultPolicy>::accum(&num[0], &num[5])
              << '\n';
}