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[#numeric_conversion_traits]

[section conversion_traits<> traits class]

[section Types]

[#numeric_conversion_traits_int_float_mixture_enum]

[section enumeration int_float_mixture_enum]

    namespace boost { namespace numeric {

        enum int_float_mixture_enum
        {
           integral_to_integral
          ,integral_to_float
          ,float_to_integral
          ,float_to_float
        } ;

    } } // namespace boost::numeric

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[#numeric_conversion_traits_sign_mixture_enum]

[section enumeration sign_mixture_enum]

    namespace boost { namespace numeric {

    enum sign_mixture_enum
    {
       unsigned_to_unsigned
      ,signed_to_signed
      ,signed_to_unsigned
      ,unsigned_to_signed
    } ;

    } } // namespace boost::numeric

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[#numeric_conversion_traits_udt_builtin_mixture_enum]

[section enumeration udt_builtin_mixture_enum]

    namespace boost { namespace numeric {

        enum udt_builtin_mixture_enum
        {
           builtin_to_builtin
          ,builtin_to_udt
          ,udt_to_builtin
          ,udt_to_udt
        } ;

    } } // namespace boost::numeric

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[#numeric_conversion_traits_class_int_float_mixture]

[section template class int_float_mixture<>]

    namespace boost { namespace numeric {

        template <class T, class S>
        struct int_float_mixture : mpl::integral_c<int_float_mixture_enum, impl-def-value> {} ;

    } } // namespace boost::numeric

Classifying `S` and `T` as either integral or float, this __MPL_INTEGRAL_CONSTANT__
indicates the combination of these attributes.

Its `::value` is of enumeration type
[link numeric_conversion_traits_int_float_mixture_enum `boost::numeric::int_float_mixture_enum`]

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[#numeric_conversion_traits_class_sign_mixture]

[section template class sign_mixture<>]

    namespace boost { namespace numeric {

        template <class T, class S>
        struct sign_mixture : mpl::integral_c<sign_mixture_enum, impl-def-value> {} ;

    } } // namespace boost::numeric

Classifying `S` and `T` as either signed or unsigned, this __MPL_INTEGRAL_CONSTANT__
indicates the combination of these attributes.

Its `::value` is of enumeration type
[link numeric_conversion_traits_sign_mixture_enum `boost::numeric::sign_mixture_enum`]

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[#numeric_conversion_traits_class_udt_builtin_mixture]

[section template class udt_builtin_mixture<>]

    namespace boost { namespace numeric {

        template <class T, class S>
        struct udt_builtin_mixture : mpl::integral_c<udt_builtin__mixture_enum, impl-def-value> {} ;

    } } // namespace boost::numeric

Classifying `S` and `T` as either user-defined or builtin, this __MPL_INTEGRAL_CONSTANT__
indicates the combination of these attributes.

Its `::value` is of enumeration type
[link numeric_conversion_traits_udt_builtin_mixture_enum `boost::numeric::udt_builtin_mixture_enum`]

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[#numeric_conversion_traits_is_subranged]

[section template class is_subranged<>]

    namespace boost { namespace numeric {

        template <class T, class S>
        struct is_subranged : mpl::bool_<impl-def-value> {} ;

    } } // namespace boost::numeric

Indicates if the range of the target type `T` is a subset of the range of the source
type `S`. That is: if there are some source values which fall out of the
Target type's range.

It is a boolean __MPL_INTEGRAL_CONSTANT__.

It does not indicate if a particular conversion is effectively out of range;
it indicates that some conversion might be out of range because not all the
source values are representable as Target type.

[endsect]

[section template class conversion_traits<>]

    namespace boost { namespace numeric {

        template <class T, class S>
        struct conversion_traits
        {
            mpl::integral_c<int_float_mixture_enum  , ...> int_float_mixture ;
            mpl::integral_c<sign_mixture_enum       , ...> sign_mixture;
            mpl::integral_c<udt_builtin_mixture_enum, ...> udt_builtin_mixture ;

            mpl::bool_<...> subranged ;
            mpl::bool_<...> trivial ;

            typedef T target_type   ;
            typedef S source_type   ;
            typedef ... argument_type ;
            typedef ... result_type   ;
            typedef ... supertype     ;
            typedef ... subtype       ;
        } ;

    } } // namespace numeric, namespace boost


This traits class indicates some properties of a ['numeric conversion] direction:
from a source type `S` to a target type `T`. It does not indicate the properties
of a ['specific] conversion, but of the conversion direction. See
[link numeric_conversion_definitions_subranged Definitions] for details.

The traits class provides the following __MPL_INTEGRAL_CONSTANT__\s of enumeration
type. They express the combination of certain attributes of the Source and
Target types (thus they are call mixture):

[table
[[       ][        ]]
[[[*int_float_mixture   ]][
Same as given by the traits class
[link numeric_conversion_traits_class_int_float_mixture int_float_mixture]
]]
[[[*sign_mixture        ]][
Same as given by the traits class
[link numeric_conversion_traits_class_sign_mixture sign_mixture]
]]
[[[*udt_builtin_mixture ]]
[Same as given by the traits class
[link numeric_conversion_traits_class_udt_builtin_mixture udt_builtin_mixture]
]]
]

The traits class provides the following __MPL_INTEGRAL_CONSTANT__\s of boolean type
which indicates indirectly the relation between the Source and Target ranges
(see [link numeric_conversion_definitions_range Definitions] for details).

[table
[[       ][        ]]
[[subranged ][
Same as given by [link numeric_conversion_traits_is_subranged is_subranged]
]]
[[trivial][
Indicates if both Source and Target, [_without cv-qualifications], are the same type.

Its `::value` is of boolean type.
]]
]

The traits class provides the following types. They are the Source and Target types classified
and qualified for different purposes.


[table
[[            ][         ]]
[[[*target_type]][
The template parameter `T` without cv-qualifications
]]
[[[*source_type]][
The template parameter `S` without cv-qualifications
]]
[[[*argument_type]][
This type is either source_type or `source_type const&`.

It represents the optimal argument type for the
[link numeric_conversion_converter converter] member functions.

If S is a built-in type, this is `source_type`, otherwise, this is `source_type const&`.
]]
[[[*result_type]][
This type is either target_type or target_type const&

It represents the return type of the 
[link numeric_conversion_converter converter] member functions.

If `T==S`, it is `target_type const&`, otherwise, it is `target_type`.
]]
[[[*supertype]][
If the conversion is subranged, it is `source_type`, otherwise, it is `target_type`
]]
[[[*subtype]][
If the conversion is subranged, it is `target_type`, otherwise, it is `source_type`
]]
]

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[section Examples]

    #include <cassert>
    #include <typeinfo>
    #include <boost/numeric/conversion/conversion_traits.hpp>

    int main()
    {

        // A trivial conversion.
        typedef boost::numeric::conversion_traits<short,short> Short2Short_Traits ;
        assert ( Short2Short_Traits::trivial::value ) ;

        // A subranged conversion.
        typedef boost::numeric::conversion_traits<double,unsigned int> UInt2Double_Traits ;
        assert (  UInt2Double_Traits::int_float_mixture::value == boost::numeric::integral_to_float ) ;
        assert (  UInt2Double_Traits::sign_mixture::value == boost::numeric::unsigned_to_signed ) ;
        assert ( !UInt2Double_Traits::subranged::value ) ;
        assert ( typeid(UInt2Double_Traits::supertype) == typeid(double) ) ;
        assert ( typeid(UInt2Double_Traits::subtype) == typeid(unsigned int) ) ;

        // A doubly subranged conversion.
        assert ( (boost::numeric::conversion_traits<short, unsigned short>::subranged::value) );
        assert ( (boost::numeric::conversion_traits<unsigned short, short>::subranged::value) );

        return 0;
    }

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