tryequals.hpp

The following code example is taken from the book
C++ Templates - The Complete Guide, 2nd Edition
by David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. Josuttis, and Douglas Gregor,
Addison-Wesley, 2017
© Copyright David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. Josuttis, Douglas Gregor 2017


#include <exception>
#include "isequalitycomparable.hpp"

template<typename T, 
         bool EqComparable = IsEqualityComparable<T>::value>
struct TryEquals 
{
  static bool equals(T const& x1, T const& x2) {
    return x1 == x2;
  }
};

class NotEqualityComparable : public std::exception
{
};

template<typename T>
struct TryEquals<T, false> 
{
  static bool equals(T const& x1, T const& x2) {
    throw NotEqualityComparable();
  }
};