cps_alloca

Continuation Passing Style Alloca. Variable-Length Array in pure ISO C++. Proof-of-Concept implementation.

Usage

void foo(unsigned n)
{
    cps_alloca<Payload>(n,[](Payload *first,Payload *last)
    {
        fill(first,last,something);
    });
}

Core Idea

template<typename T,unsigned N,typename F>
auto cps_alloca_static(F &&f) -> decltype(f(nullptr,nullptr))
{
    T data[N];
    return f(&data[0],&data[0]+N);
}

template<typename T,typename F>
auto cps_alloca_dynamic(unsigned n,F &&f) -> decltype(f(nullptr,nullptr))
{
    vector<T> data(n);
    return f(&data[0],&data[0]+n);
}

template<typename T,typename F>
auto cps_alloca(unsigned n,F &&f) -> decltype(f(nullptr,nullptr))
{
    switch(n)
    {
        case 1: return cps_alloca_static<T,1>(f);
        case 2: return cps_alloca_static<T,2>(f);
        case 3: return cps_alloca_static<T,3>(f);
        case 4: return cps_alloca_static<T,4>(f);
        case 0: return f(nullptr,nullptr);
        default: return cps_alloca_dynamic<T>(n,f);
    }; // mpl::for_each / array / index pack / recursive bsearch / etc variacion
}

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