Got it, thanks!
On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 4:26 PM Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 at 21:22, Watson Romero via Gcc-help
> <gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I was trying to learn how concepts work and for some reason the following
> > lines of code:
> >
> > #include <cstddef>
> > #include <cstdio>
> > #include <type_traits>
> >
> > template <typename T>
> > concept Averageable = std::is_default_constructible<T>::value &&
> > std::is_copy_constructible<T>::value &&
> > requires(T a, T b) {
> > { a + b }->T;
> > { a / b }->T;
> > };
> > }
> >
> > template <Averageable T>
> > T mean(const T* values, size_t length) {
> > T result{};
> > for(size_t i{}; i < length; i++) {
> > result += values[i];
> > }
> > return result / length;
> > }
> >
> > int main() {
> > const double nums_d[]{ 1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f };
> > const auto result1 = mean(nums_d, 4);
> > printf("double: %f\n", result1);
> >
> > const float nums_f[]{ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 };
> > const auto result2 = mean(nums_f, 4);
> > printf("float: %f\n", result2);
> >
> > const char nums_c[]{ 1, 2, 3, 4 };
> > const auto result3 = mean(nums_c, 4);
> > printf("char: %d\n", result3);
> > }
> >
> > produces the following error while running g++ like so:
> > g++ listing_6_21.cpp -std=c++20 -o a.out
> >
> >
> > listing_6_21.cpp:9:20: error: return-type-requirement is not a
> > type-constraint
> > 9 | { a + b }->T;
> > | ^
> > listing_6_21.cpp:10:20: error: return-type-requirement is not a
> > type-constraint
> > 10 | { a / b }->T;
> > | ^
> > listing_6_21.cpp:12:1: error: expected declaration before ‘}’ token
> > 12 | }
> >
> > I'm not sure if this is consistent with what should happen but I figured
> > I'd inform you guys about it.
>
> This is the expected, correct behaviour for a C++20 compiler.
>
> The Concepts TS used the syntax in your code, but in C++20 you must
> use a type-constraint, like so:
>
> { a + b } -> std::is_same_v<T>;
>
