/*! @file Forward declares `boost::hana::sum`. @copyright Louis Dionne 2013-2016 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE.md or copy at http://boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) */ #ifndef BOOST_HANA_FWD_SUM_HPP #define BOOST_HANA_FWD_SUM_HPP #include #include #include BOOST_HANA_NAMESPACE_BEGIN //! Compute the sum of the numbers of a structure. //! @ingroup group-Foldable //! //! More generally, `sum` will take any foldable structure containing //! objects forming a Monoid and reduce them using the Monoid's binary //! operation. The initial state for folding is the identity of the //! Monoid. It is sometimes necessary to specify the Monoid to use; //! this is possible by using `sum`. If no Monoid is specified, //! the structure will use the Monoid formed by the elements it contains //! (if it knows it), or `integral_constant_tag` otherwise. Hence, //! @code //! sum(xs) = fold_left(xs, zero(), plus) //! sum<> = sum> //! @endcode //! //! For numbers, this will just compute the sum of the numbers in the //! `xs` structure. //! //! //! @note //! The elements of the structure are not actually required to be in the //! same Monoid, but it must be possible to perform `plus` on any two //! adjacent elements of the structure, which requires each pair of //! adjacent element to at least have a common Monoid embedding. The //! meaning of "adjacent" as used here is that two elements of the //! structure `x` and `y` are adjacent if and only if they are adjacent //! in the linearization of that structure, as documented by the Iterable //! concept. //! //! //! Why must we sometimes specify the `Monoid` by using `sum`? //! ------------------------------------------------------------- //! This is because sequence tags like `tuple_tag` are not parameterized //! (by design). Hence, we do not know what kind of objects are in the //! sequence, so we can't know a `0` value of which type should be //! returned when the sequence is empty. Therefore, the type of the //! `0` to return in the empty case must be specified explicitly. Other //! foldable structures like `hana::range`s will ignore the suggested //! Monoid because they know the tag of the objects they contain. This //! inconsistent behavior is a limitation of the current design with //! non-parameterized tags, but we have no good solution for now. //! //! //! Example //! ------- //! @include example/sum.cpp #ifdef BOOST_HANA_DOXYGEN_INVOKED constexpr auto sum = see documentation; #else template struct sum_impl : sum_impl> { }; template struct sum_t; template > constexpr sum_t sum{}; #endif BOOST_HANA_NAMESPACE_END #endif // !BOOST_HANA_FWD_SUM_HPP