Hi,

The

new (_i) T(...)

part is most likely a "placement new" ("most likely" because "new" can be overloaded but I don't think this is the case here). That is, it initializes an object of type T at the memory location given by the pointer _i, calling its constructor.

The use of the ellipse declares ("typename... A") or unpacks ("A&&... args") a parameter pack. Read up on "variadic template parameters" if this is new to you. This means, "construct" can take any argument list that T has a constructor for.

In short the cxx::forward allows the compiler to optimize argument passing. Read up on "perfect forwarding in C++".

Why it may not have compiled in your eclipse project: Variadic templates (...) as well as r-value references (&& (in fact here && specifies universal references rather than r-value references)) are only available in C++ since c++11 so you might want to tell your compiler to use this standard (e.g. g++ -std=c++11).

Hope this clarifies things a bit.

Janis

Am 08.05.2015 um 08:10 schrieb watermirror:

hi,

template< typename T > class Static_object { public: .... template< typename... A > T *construct(A&&... args) { return new (_i) T(cxx::forward<A>(args)...); } ... };

this template class is defined in fiasco/src/types.h, what does the method 'construct' mean? i have tried to move this class to eclipse cdt project, but it can not be compiled correctly. how does this class be compiled in fiasco?

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