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Federico Fuga Making POD Strong typed.

Created by Federico Fuga
//
// Created by Federico Fuga on 07/09/17.
//

#ifndef STRONGTYPE_H
#define STRONGTYPE_H

template <typename T, typename TAG>
class strong_type {
    T value;
public:
    using Base = T;
    using Tag = TAG;

    explicit strong_type (T v)
    : value (v) {}

    T get() const { return value; }
};

#endif //STRONGTYPE_H
//
// Created by Federico Fuga on 07/09/17.
//

#include <gtest/gtest.h>
#include <strongtype.h>
#include <type_traits>

TEST(StrongType, usage)
{
    struct IdTag {};
    using ID = strong_type<int,IdTag>;

    ID i (10);

    struct ValueTag {};
    using Value = strong_type<ID::Base, ValueTag>;

    Value j (10);

    static_assert(!std::is_convertible<ID,Value>::value, "ID and values are convertible!");

    ASSERT_EQ(i.get(), j.get());
}

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