How to detect whether there is a specific member variable in class?

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Published on 2009-06-17T06:58:38Z Indexed on 2010/04/22 20:13 UTC
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For creating algorithm template function I need to know whether x or X (and y or Y) in class that is template argument. It may by useful when using my function for MFC CPoint class or GDI+ PointF class or some others. All of them use different x in them. My solution could be reduces to the following code:


template<int> struct TT {typedef int type;};
template<class P> bool Check_x(P p, typename TT<sizeof(&P::x)>::type b = 0) { return true; }
template<class P> bool Check_x(P p, typename TT<sizeof(&P::X)>::type b = 0) { return false; }

struct P1 {int x; };
struct P2 {float X; };
// it also could be struct P3 {unknown_type X; };

int main()
{
    P1 p1 = {1};
    P2 p2 = {1};

    Check_x(p1); // must return true
    Check_x(p2); // must return false

    return 0;
}

But it does not compile in Visual Studio, while compiling in the GNU C++. With Visual Studio I could use the following template:


template<class P> bool Check_x(P p, typename TT<&P::x==&P::x>::type b = 0) { return true; }
template<class P> bool Check_x(P p, typename TT<&P::X==&P::X>::type b = 0) { return false; }

But it does not compile in GNU C++. Is there universal solution?

UPD: Structures P1 and P2 here are only for example. There are could be any classes with unknown members.

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