NAME¶

std::is_scalar - std::is_scalar

Synopsis¶

Defined in header <type_traits>
template< class T > (since C++11)
struct is_scalar;

If T is a scalar type, provides the member constant value equal true. For any other
type, value is false.

The behavior of a program that adds specializations for is_scalar
or is_scalar_v
(since C++17) is undefined.

Template parameters¶

T - a type to check

Helper variable template

template< class T > (since C++17)
inline constexpr bool is_scalar_v = is_scalar<T>::value;

Inherited from std::integral_constant

Member constants¶

value true if T is a scalar type , false otherwise
[static] (public static member constant)

Member functions¶

operator bool converts the object to bool, returns value
(public member function)
operator() returns value
(C++14) (public member function)

Member types¶

Type Definition
value_type bool
type std::integral_constant<bool, value>

Notes¶

Each individual memory location in the C++ memory model, including the hidden memory
locations used by language features (e.g virtual table pointer), has scalar type (or
is a sequence of adjacent bit-fields of non-zero length). Sequencing of side-effects
in expression evaluation, interthread synchronization, and dependency ordering are
all defined in terms of individual scalar objects.

Possible implementation¶

template<class T>
struct is_scalar : std::integral_constant<bool,
std::is_arithmetic<T>::value ||
std::is_enum<T>::value ||
std::is_pointer<T>::value ||
std::is_member_pointer<T>::value ||
std::is_null_pointer<T>::value> {};

Example¶

// Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <utility>

template<typename Head, typename... Tail>
void are_scalars(Head&& head, Tail&&... tail)
{
using T = std::decay_t<decltype(head)>;

std::cout << typeid(T).name() << " is "
<< (std::is_scalar_v<T> ? "" : "not ")
<< "a scalar\n";

if constexpr (sizeof... (Tail))
{
are_scalars(std::forward<decltype(tail)>(tail)...);
}
}

int main()
{
struct S { int m; } s;
int S::* mp = &S::m;
enum class E { e };

are_scalars(42, 3.14, E::e, "str", mp, nullptr, s);
}

Possible output:¶

int is a scalar
double is a scalar
main::E is a scalar
char const* is a scalar
int main::S::* is a scalar
nullptr is a scalar
main::S is not a scalar

See also¶

is_arithmetic checks if a type is an arithmetic type
(C++11) (class template)
is_enum checks if a type is an enumeration type
(C++11) (class template)
is_pointer checks if a type is a pointer type
(C++11) (class template)
is_member_pointer checks if a type is a pointer to an non-static member function or
(C++11) object
(class template)