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29 <h2><span class="refentrytitle">Struct template fold_tree</span></h2>
30 <p>boost::proto::fold_tree — A <a class="link" href="../../PrimitiveTransform.html" title="Concept PrimitiveTransform">PrimitiveTransform</a> that recursively applies the
31 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="fold.html" title="Struct template fold">proto::fold</a><></code> transform to sub-trees
32 that all share a common tag type.</p>
34 <h2 xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv-title">Synopsis</h2>
35 <div xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv"><pre class="synopsis"><span class="comment">// In header: <<a class="link" href="../../proto/reference.html#header.boost.proto.transform.fold_tree_hpp" title="Header <boost/proto/transform/fold_tree.hpp>">boost/proto/transform/fold_tree.hpp</a>>
37 </span><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> Sequence<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> State0<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> Fun<span class="special">></span>
38 <span class="keyword">struct</span> <a class="link" href="fold_tree.html" title="Struct template fold_tree">fold_tree</a> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword"></span> <a class="link" href="transform.html" title="Struct template transform">proto::transform</a><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">fold_tree</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Sequence</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">State0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Fun</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="special">{</span>
39 <span class="comment">// member classes/structs/unions</span>
40 <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <a class="link" href="../../Expr.html" title="Concept Expr">Expr</a><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> State<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> Data<span class="special">></span>
41 <span class="keyword">struct</span> <a class="link" href="fold_tree/impl.html" title="Struct template impl">impl</a> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword"></span>
42 <a class="link" href="fold.html" title="Struct template fold">proto::fold</a><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Sequence</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">State0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">recurse_if_</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">proto_tag</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Fun</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="special">></span>
43 <span class="special">::</span><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="identifier">impl</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">State</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Data</span><span class="special">></span>
44 <span class="special">{</span>
45 <span class="special">}</span><span class="special">;</span>
46 <span class="special">}</span><span class="special">;</span></pre></div>
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48 <a name="idp482316384"></a><h2>Description</h2>
50 <code class="computeroutput">proto::fold_tree<></code> is useful for flattening trees into lists;
51 for example, you might use <code class="computeroutput">proto::fold_tree<></code> to flatten an
52 expression tree like <code class="computeroutput">a | b | c</code> into a Fusion list like
53 <code class="computeroutput">cons(c, cons(b, cons(a)))</code>.
56 <code class="computeroutput">proto::fold_tree<></code> is easily understood in terms of a
57 <code class="computeroutput">recurse_if_<></code> helper, defined as follows:
59 <pre class="programlisting"> <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Tag</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Fun</span><span class="special">></span>
60 <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">recurse_if_</span> <span class="special">:</span>
61 <a class="link" href="if_.html" title="Struct template if_">proto::if_</a><span class="special"><</span>
62 <span class="comment">// If the current node has type type "Tag" ...</span>
63 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_same</span><span class="special"><</span><a class="link" href="tag_of.html" title="Struct template tag_of">proto::tag_of</a><span class="special"><</span><a class="link" href="_.html" title="Struct _">proto::_</a><span class="special">></span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Tag</span><span class="special">></span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">,</span>
64 <span class="comment">// ... recurse, otherwise ...</span>
65 <a class="link" href="fold.html" title="Struct template fold">proto::fold</a><span class="special"><</span><a class="link" href="_.html" title="Struct _">proto::_</a><span class="special">,</span> <a class="link" href="_state.html" title="Struct _state">proto::_state</a><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">recurse_if_</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Tag</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Fun</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="special">></span><span class="special">,</span>
66 <span class="comment">// ... apply the Fun transform.</span>
67 <span class="identifier">Fun</span>
68 <span class="special">></span>
69 <span class="special">{</span><span class="special">}</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
73 With <code class="computeroutput">recurse_if_<></code> as defined above,
74 <code class="computeroutput">proto::fold_tree<Sequence, State0, Fun>()(expr, state, data)</code>
77 <pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="fold.html" title="Struct template fold">proto::fold</a><span class="special"><</span>
78 <span class="identifier">Sequence</span><span class="special">,</span>
79 <span class="identifier">State0</span><span class="special">,</span>
80 <span class="identifier">recurse_if_</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Expr</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">proto_tag</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Fun</span><span class="special">></span>
81 <span class="special">></span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">expr</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">state</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">.</span></pre>
83 It has the effect of folding a tree front-to-back, recursing into child nodes that share a
84 tag type with the parent node.
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