commontype.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


using std::declval;

template<typename T, typename U>
class CommonTypeT
{
 public:
  using Type = decltype(true? declval<T>() : declval<U>());
};

template<typename T, typename U>
using CommonType = typename CommonTypeT<T, U>::Type;