accum6.cpp

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 "accum6.hpp"
#include <iostream>

class MultPolicy {
  public:
    template<typename T1, typename T2>
    static void accumulate (T1& total, T2 const& value) {
        total *= value;
    }
};

int main()
{
    // create array of 5 integer values
    int num[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };

    // print product of all values
    std::cout << "the product of the integer values is "
              << accum<int,MultPolicy>(num, num+5)
              << '\n';
}