Something you don't need in C ++ 14, a mini-index library:
template<unsigned...>struct indexes{using type=indexes;};
template<unsigned Cnt,unsigned...Is>
struct make_indexes:make_indexes<Cnt-1,Cnt-1,Is...>{};
template<unsigned...Is>
struct make_indexes<0,Is...>:indexes<Is...>{};
template<unsigned Cnt>
using make_indexes_t=typename make_indexes<Cnt>::type;
A function that does the actual work. Creates pointers to array elements. Then a search is performed p. nullptrand -1make empty tuples work.
template<unsigned...Is,class Tuple>
unsigned index_of(indexes<Is...>,void const* p, Tuple const&t){
void const* r[]={ nullptr, &std::get<Is>(t)... };
auto it = std::find( std::begin(r), std::end(r), p );
if (it==std::end(r))
return -1;
else
return (it-std::begin(r))-1;
}
you can put this in a namespace details.
Last function:
template<class...Ts>
unsigned index_of( void const*p, std::tuple<Ts...> const& t ){
return index_of( make_indexes_t<sizeof...(Ts)>{}, p, t );
}
return unsigned(-1) .