Use Boost to get arity and paramerter types of mem

Question

It works just fine, for plain vanilla functions. The code below works just fine. It prints just what is should:

int __cdecl(int, char)
2
int,char

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#include <boost/type_traits.hpp>
#include <boost/function.hpp>
#include <boost/typeof/std/utility.hpp>

#include <iostream>

using std::cout;
using std::endl;

int foo(int, char) {
 return 0;
}
int main() {
    typedef BOOST_TYPEOF(foo) foo_type;;
    typedef boost::function_traits<foo_type> function_traits;

    cout << typeid(foo_type).name() << endl;
    cout << function_traits::arity << endl;
    cout << typeid(function_traits::arg1_type).name() << ",";
    cout << typeid(function_traits::arg2_type).name() << endl;

    return 0;
}

So, the question is, how can one do this if foo is a member function of class bar?

struct bar {
    int foo(int, char) { return 0; }
};

I have tried countless combinations of these constructs: BOOST_TYPEOF_INCREMENT_REGISTRATION_GROUP() BOOST_TYPEOF_REGISTER_TYPE() boost::ref boost::remove_pointer boost::bind boost::mem_fn

etc., etc... No joy.

Answer 1

Kornel Kisielewicz nailed it. Here it is with the solution separated from the test-messages.

#include <boost/function_types/function_type.hpp>
#include <boost/function_types/parameter_types.hpp>
#include <boost/function_types/function_arity.hpp>
#include <boost/typeof/std/utility.hpp>
#include <iostream>

struct bar {
    int foo(int, char) { return 0; }
};

int main() {

    typedef BOOST_TYPEOF(&bar::foo) 
        foo_type;
    int arity = boost::function_types::function_arity<foo_type>::value;
    typedef boost::mpl::at_c<boost::function_types::parameter_types<foo_type>,1>::type
        arg1;
    typedef boost::mpl::at_c<boost::function_types::parameter_types<foo_type>,2>::type
        arg2;

    std::cout << typeid(foo_type).name() << std::endl;
    std::cout << arity << std::endl;
    std::cout << typeid(arg1).name() << ",";
    std::cout << typeid(arg2).name() << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

Answer 2

Boost Function Types would probably be the natural solution:

#include <boost/function_types/function_type.hpp>
#include <boost/function_types/parameter_types.hpp>
#include <boost/function_types/function_arity.hpp>
#include <boost/typeof/std/utility.hpp>
#include <iostream>

struct bar {
    int foo(int, char) { return 0; }
};

int main() {

    typedef BOOST_TYPEOF(&bar::foo) foo_type;

    std::cout << typeid(foo_type).name() << std::endl;
    std::cout << boost::function_types::function_arity<foo_type>::value << std::endl;
    std::cout << typeid(boost::mpl::at_c<boost::function_types::parameter_types<foo_type>,1>::type).name() << ",";
    std::cout << typeid(boost::mpl::at_c<boost::function_types::parameter_types<foo_type>,2>::type).name() << ",";

    return 0;
}