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// fig15_19.cpp
// Calculating factorials at compile time.
#include <iostream>
// Factorial value metafunction calculates factorials recursively
template <int N>
struct Factorial {
static constexpr long long value{N * Factorial<N - 1>::value};
};
// Factorial specialization for the base case
template <>
struct Factorial<0> {
static constexpr long long value{1}; // 0! is 1
};
// constexpr compile-time recursive factorial
constexpr long long recursiveFactorial(int number) {
if (number <= 1) {
return 1; // base cases: 0! = 1 and 1! = 1
}
else { // recursion step
return number * recursiveFactorial(number - 1);
}
}
// constexpr compile-time iterative factorial
constexpr long long iterativeFactorial(int number) {
long long factorial{1}; // result for 0! and 1!
for (long long i{2}; i <= number; ++i) {
factorial *= i;
}
return factorial;
}
int main() {
// "calling" a value metafunction requires instantiating
// the template and accessing its static value member
std::cout << "CALCULATING FACTORIALS AT COMPILE TIME "
<< "WITH A RECURSIVE METAFUNCTION"
<< "\nFactorial(0): " << Factorial<0>::value
<< "\nFactorial(1): " << Factorial<1>::value
<< "\nFactorial(2): " << Factorial<2>::value
<< "\nFactorial(3): " << Factorial<3>::value
<< "\nFactorial(4): " << Factorial<4>::value
<< "\nFactorial(5): " << Factorial<5>::value;
// calling the recursive constexpr function recursiveFactorial
std::cout << "\n\nCALCULATING FACTORIALS AT COMPILE TIME "
<< "WITH A RECURSIVE CONSTEXPR FUNCTION"
<< "\nrecursiveFactorial(0): " << recursiveFactorial(0)
<< "\nrecursiveFactorial(1): " << recursiveFactorial(1)
<< "\nrecursiveFactorial(2): " << recursiveFactorial(2)
<< "\nrecursiveFactorial(3): " << recursiveFactorial(3)
<< "\nrecursiveFactorial(4): " << recursiveFactorial(4)
<< "\nrecursiveFactorial(5): " << recursiveFactorial(5);
// calling the iterative constexpr function iterativeFactorial
std::cout << "\n\nCALCULATING FACTORIALS AT COMPILE TIME "
<< "WITH AN ITERATIVE CONSTEXPR FUNCTION"
<< "\niterativeFactorial(0): " << iterativeFactorial(0)
<< "\niterativeFactorial(1): " << iterativeFactorial(1)
<< "\niterativeFactorial(2): " << iterativeFactorial(2)
<< "\niterativeFactorial(3): " << iterativeFactorial(3)
<< "\niterativeFactorial(4): " << iterativeFactorial(4)
<< "\niterativeFactorial(5): " << iterativeFactorial(5) << "\n";
}
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