Please refer to the following:
struct functorOverloaded
{
void operator()(const int& in_, ...) const {}
void operator()(short in_) {}
};
// helper to resolve pointer to overloaded function
template <typename C, typename... OverloadArgs>
auto resolve_overload(
std::invoke_result_t<C, OverloadArgs...> (C::* func)(OverloadArgs..., ...) const
)
{ return func; };
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
using C = const functorOverloaded;
// works with exact function type
using myT = decltype(resolve_overload<C, const int&>(&C::operator()));
// can call with something convertible to const int&
static_assert(std::is_invocable_v<C,int>, "!!!");
// how to get the pointer to the overload that would be called when passed int (or double)?
// the next line doesn't compile (error C2672: 'resolve_overload': no matching overloaded function found)
using myT2 = decltype(resolve_overload<C, int>(&C::operator()));
return 0;
}
The above code allows retrieving a pointer to a specific overload of a function (operator() in this case), see here. One must know the exact argument type (const int&) in this case to get the pointer, even though i can just call the specific overload with a plain int, or even double. Is it possible to get a pointer to the overload that would be called with the specific argument (assuming the call is resolvable / not ambiguous)?
Edit: adding context:
I am writing a invocable_traits library for introspecting a callable. E.g., given a Callable, it will tell you the return type, arity and argument types, amongst some other properties. To support functors (including lambdas) with overloaded (or templated) operator(), the API of invocable_traits allows specifying call arguments to disambiguate which overload is to be used (or to instantiate the template). However, one must know the exact argument type (const int& in the example above), simply specifying int won't do in that case as there is no function with signature R operator()(int). Ideally, I'd like to allow discovering the signature of the exact overload/instantiation that gets called given the provided input argument types, ideally even taking into account any implicit conversions that are applied. Is this possible?