NAME¶

std::is_pointer_interconvertible_with_class - std::is_pointer_interconvertible_with_class

Synopsis¶

Defined in header <type_traits>
template<class S, class M>
constexpr bool is_pointer_interconvertible_with_class( M S::* mp ) (since C++20)
noexcept;

Given an object s of type S, determines whether s.*mp refers to a subobject of s and
s is pointer-interconvertible with its subobject s.*mp. The program is ill-formed if
S is not a complete type.

If S is not a StandardLayoutType, or M is not an object type, or mp is equal to
nullptr, the result is always false.

Parameters¶

mp - a pointer-to-member to detect

Return value¶

true if s.*mp refers a subobject of s and s is pointer-interconvertible with its
subobject s.*mp, otherwise false, where s is an object of type S.

Notes¶

The type of a pointer-to-member expression &S::m is not always M S::*, where m is of
type M, because m may be a member inherited from a base class of S. The template
arguments can be specified in order to avoid potentially surprising results.

If there is a value mp of type M S::* such that
std::is_pointer_interconvertible_with_class(mp) == true, then
reinterpret_cast<M&>(s) has well-defined result and it refers the same subobject as
s.*mp, where s is a valid lvalue of type S.

On common platforms, the bit pattern of mp is all zero if
std::is_pointer_interconvertible_with_class(mp) == true.

Feature-test macro: __cpp_lib_is_pointer_interconvertible

Example¶

// Run this code

#include <type_traits>
#include <iostream>

struct Foo { int x; };
struct Bar { int y; };

struct Baz : Foo, Bar {}; // not standard-layout

int main()
{
std::cout << std::boolalpha
<< std::is_same_v<decltype(&Baz::x), int Baz::*> << '\n'
<< std::is_pointer_interconvertible_with_class(&Baz::x) << '\n'
<< std::is_pointer_interconvertible_with_class<Baz, int>(&Baz::x) << '\n';
}

Output:¶

false
true
false

See also¶

is_standard_layout checks if a type is a standard-layout type
(C++11) (class template)
is_member_object_pointer checks if a type is a pointer to a non-static member object
(C++11) (class template)