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std::invoke, std::invoke_r

Defined in header <functional>
(1) 
template< class F, class... Args >
std::invoke_result_t<F, Args...>
    invoke( F&& f, Args&&... args ) noexcept(/* see below */);
 (since C++17)
(until C++20)		 
template< class F, class... Args >
constexpr std::invoke_result_t<F, Args...>
    invoke( F&& f, Args&&... args ) noexcept(/* see below */);
 (since C++20) 
template< class R, class F, class... Args >
constexpr R invoke_r( F&& f, Args&&... args ) noexcept(/* see below */);
 (2) (since C++23)
1) Invoke the Callable object f with the parameters args as by INVOKE(std::forward<F>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...). This overload participates in overload resolution only if std::is_invocable_v<F, Args...> is true.
2) Invoke the Callable object f with the parameters args as by INVOKE<R>(std::forward<F>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...). This overload participates in overload resolution only if std::is_invocable_r_v<R, F, Args...> is true.

Parameters

f - Callable object to be invoked
args - arguments to pass to f

Return value

1) The value returned by f.
2) The value returned by f, implicitly converted to R, if R is not void. None otherwise.

Exceptions

1)
noexcept specification:
noexcept(std::is_nothrow_invocable_v<F, Args...>)
2)
noexcept specification:
noexcept(std::is_nothrow_invocable_r_v<R, F, Args...>)

Possible implementation

invoke 
namespace detail
{
    template<class>
    constexpr bool is_reference_wrapper_v = false;
    template<class U>
    constexpr bool is_reference_wrapper_v<std::reference_wrapper<U>> = true;
 
    template<class C, class Pointed, class T1, class... Args>
    constexpr decltype(auto) invoke_memptr(Pointed C::* f, T1&& t1, Args&&... args)
    {
        if constexpr (std::is_function_v<Pointed>)
        {
            if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v<C, std::decay_t<T1>>)
                return (std::forward<T1>(t1).*f)(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
            else if constexpr (is_reference_wrapper_v<std::decay_t<T1>>)
                return (t1.get().*f)(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
            else
                return ((*std::forward<T1>(t1)).*f)(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
        }
        else
        {
            static_assert(std::is_object_v<Pointed> && sizeof...(args) == 0);
            if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v<C, std::decay_t<T1>>)
                return std::forward<T1>(t1).*f;
            else if constexpr (is_reference_wrapper_v<std::decay_t<T1>>)
                return t1.get().*f;
            else
                return (*std::forward<T1>(t1)).*f;
        }
    }
} // namespace detail
 
template<class F, class... Args>
constexpr std::invoke_result_t<F, Args...> invoke(F&& f, Args&&... args)
    noexcept(std::is_nothrow_invocable_v<F, Args...>)
{
    if constexpr (std::is_member_pointer_v<std::decay_t<F>>)
        return detail::invoke_memptr(f, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    else
        return std::forward<F>(f)(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
}
invoke_r 
template<class R, class F, class... Args>
    requires std::is_invocable_r_v<R, F, Args...>
constexpr R invoke_r(F&& f, Args&&... args)
    noexcept(std::is_nothrow_invocable_r_v<R, F, Args...>)
{
    if constexpr (std::is_void_v<R>)
        std::invoke(std::forward<F>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    else
        return std::invoke(std::forward<F>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
}

Notes

Feature-test macro Value Std Feature
__cpp_lib_invoke 201411L (C++17) std::invoke
__cpp_lib_invoke_r 202106L (C++23) std::invoke_r

Example

#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>
 
struct Foo
{
    Foo(int num) : num_(num) {}
    void print_add(int i) const { std::cout << num_ + i << '\n'; }
    int num_;
};
 
void print_num(int i)
{
    std::cout << i << '\n';
}
 
struct PrintNum
{
    void operator()(int i) const
    {
        std::cout << i << '\n';
    }
};
 
int main()
{
    // invoke a free function
    std::invoke(print_num, -9);
 
    // invoke a lambda
    std::invoke([]() { print_num(42); });
 
    // invoke a member function
    const Foo foo(314159);
    std::invoke(&Foo::print_add, foo, 1);
 
    // invoke (access) a data member
    std::cout << "num_: " << std::invoke(&Foo::num_, foo) << '\n';
 
    // invoke a function object
    std::invoke(PrintNum(), 18);
 
#if defined(__cpp_lib_invoke_r)
    auto add = [](int x, int y) { return x + y; };
    auto ret = std::invoke_r<float>(add, 11, 22);
    static_assert(std::is_same<decltype(ret), float>());
    std::cout << ret << '\n';
    std::invoke_r<void>(print_num, 44);
#endif
}

Possible output:

-9
42
314160
num_: 314159
18
33
44

See also

(C++11)
creates a function object out of a pointer to a member
(function template)
(C++11)(removed in C++20)(C++17)
deduces the result type of invoking a callable object with a set of arguments
(class template)
(C++17)
checks if a type can be invoked (as if by std::invoke) with the given argument types
(class template)
(C++17)
calls a function with a tuple of arguments
(function template)

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