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# std::enable_if

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Defined in header `<type_traits>` |  |
template< bool B, class T = void > struct enable_if; |  | (since C++11)

If `B` is true, std::enable_if has a public member typedef `type`, equal to `T`; otherwise, there is no member typedef.

This metafunction is a convenient way to leverage SFINAE to conditionally remove functions from overload resolution based on type traits and to provide separate function overloads and specializations for different type traits. std::enable_if can be used as an additional function argument (not applicable to operator overloads), as a return type (not applicable to constructors and destructors), or as a class template or function template parameter.

### [edit] Member types

Type | Definition
`type` | either `T` or no such member, depending on the value of `B`

### [edit] Helper types

template< bool B, class T = void > using enable_if_t = typename enable_if<B,T>::type; |  | (since C++14)

### [edit] Possible implementation

    template<bool B, class T = void>
    struct enable_if {};

    template<class T>
    struct enable_if<true, T> { typedef T type; };

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <type_traits>
    #include <iostream>

    // foo1 overloads are enabled via the return type
    template<class T>
    typename std::enable_if<std::is_floating_point<T>::value, T>::type
        foo1(T t)
    {
        std::cout << "foo1: float\n";
        return t;
    }

    template<class T>
    std::enable_if_t<std::is_integral<T>::value, T> //Using helper type
        foo1(T t)
    {
        std::cout << "foo1: int\n";
        return t;
    }

    // foo2 overload is enabled via a parameter
    template<class T>
    T foo2(T t, typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<T>::value >::type* = 0)
    {
        return t;
    }

    // foo3 overload is enabled via a template parameter
    template<class T ,
             typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<T>::value>::type* = nullptr >
    T foo3(T t) // note, function signature is unmodified
    {
        return t;
    }

    // A is enabled via a template parameter
    template<class T, class Enable = void>
    class A; // undefined

    template<class T>
    class A<T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_floating_point<T>::value >::type> {
    }; // note: for this use case, static_assert may be more appropriate

    int main()
    {
        foo1(1.2); // OK, calls the first version of foo1()
        foo1(10); // OK, calls the second version of foo1()

    //  foo2(0.1); // compile-time error
        foo2(7); // OK

    //  foo3(1.2); // compile-time error
        foo3(34); // OK

    //  A<int> a1; // compile-time error
        A<double> a1; // OK
    }

Output:

    foo1: float
    foo1: int

### [edit] See also

- static_assert

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