Add utilities for working with `std::reference_wrapper`
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This adds three utilities (stolen from staging/dune-functions!315 (merged)) and a
corresponding test for working with std::reference_wrapper:
IsReferenceWrapper_v<T> allows to check if T is an instantiation of std::reference_wrapper
resolveRef(t) either returns t.get() or t
depending on whether t is a std::reference_wrapper or a plain
l-value reference.ResolveRef_t<T> provides the resolved type for T.These utilities allow to support storing data members of classes by value or
reference transparently suing the following pattern. The class always stores
values, but supports passing std::ref(...) to opt-in store-by-reference.
Handling the latter can be done without boilerplate code using the
provided utilities:
template<class StoredT>
struct SomeWrapper {
using T = ResolveRef_t<StoredT>;
SomeWrapper(const StoredT& t) : t_(t) {}
void callFoo() const {
resolveRef(t_).foo();
}
StoredT t_;
};
[...]
// Store t by value
auto w1 = SomeWrapper(t);
w1.callFoo();
// Store t by reference
auto w2 = SomeWrapper(std::cref(t));
w2.callFoo();