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Agustin Alvarez
Agustin Alvarez

Reputation: 369

constexpr won't work using Visual C++ Compiler Nov 2013 CTP (CTP_Nov2013)

I'm trying to implement a compile-time hash algorithm using constexpr. I Downloaded Nov 2013 CTP because it has supported for constexpr but thats a lie...

#define hashCharacter(T, J)         (((T >> 0x0D) | (T << 0x13)) + J)

unsigned long constexpr GetHashCompile(const char * asSource, unsigned long asValue = 0)
{
return asSource[0] == '\0'
    ? asValue
    : GetHashCompile(asSource + 1, hashCharacter(asValue, asSource[0]));
} 

int main(int a, char ** b)
{
    const auto value = GetHashCompile("Hello from compiler");
    printf("%d", value);
}

GetHashCompile will not be generated at compile-time rather than runtime. How could i acomplish the above code using Visual Studio?. The same code works perfecly using GCC or CLANG.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 575

Answers (1)

Morwenn
Morwenn

Reputation: 22552

Actually, the November 2013 CTP does not claim to fully support constexpr, but only claims to have a partial support for constexpr. The features list explicitely tells that constexpr is not supported for member functions and for arrays. Since string literals are a kind of array, they are not supported either:

The CTP supports C++11 constexpr, except for member functions. (Another limitation is that arrays aren't supported.) Also, it doesn't support C++14's extended constexpr rules.

Upvotes: 2

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