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1.9 KiB
MQL5
63 lines
1.9 KiB
MQL5
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//| TemplatesConverter.mq5 |
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//| Copyright 2021, MetaQuotes Ltd. |
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//| https://www.mql5.com |
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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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#define MAX_LONG_IN_DOUBLE 9007199254740992
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// FYI: ULONG_MAX 18446744073709551615
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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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//| 2-way bitwise exact conversion between T1 and T2 |
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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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template<typename T1,typename T2>
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class Converter
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{
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private:
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// nested template is used here for demo purpose:
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// more direct approach is to make it a simple union (not a template)
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// and declare L and D fields by T1 and T2 meta-types
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template<typename U1,typename U2>
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union DataOverlay
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{
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U1 L;
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U2 D;
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};
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DataOverlay<T1,T2> data;
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public:
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T2 operator[](const T1 L)
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{
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data.L = L;
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return data.D;
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}
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T1 operator[](const T2 D)
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{
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data.D = D;
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return data.L;
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}
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};
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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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//| Script program start function |
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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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void OnStart()
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{
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Converter<double,ulong> c;
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const ulong value = MAX_LONG_IN_DOUBLE + 1;
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double d = value; // possible loss of data due to type conversion
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ulong result = d; // possible loss of data due to type conversion
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Print(value == result); // false
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double z = c[value];
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ulong restored = c[z];
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Print(value == restored); // true
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}
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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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