Allow using variadic templates instead of pre-generated code where supported (#1303)

* Replace generated code with variadic templates where supported

* Template outside of ifdef

* Add variadic templates for Language,Vector,InternalStdFunction

* Cleanup placement of new traits

* Initial implementations of more templates

* Fix stray changes

* Variadic template for generated methods

* Variadic templates for pointer methods

* Simplify and reduce duplication of templates

* Simplify more templates

* Add changelog entry

* Fix incorrect template type for Factory constructor

Author: andrjohns

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2024-05-23 Andrew Johnson <[email protected]>
+        
+        * Added variadic templates to be used instead of the generated code
+        in `Rcpp/generated` and `Rcpp/module` when compiling with C++11 or
+        later.
+
 2024-05-18  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <[email protected]>
 
 	* docker/ci-4.3/Dockerfile: Add rcpp/ci-4.3 container for R 4.3.*

inst/include/Rcpp/DataFrame.h

@@ -117,8 +117,14 @@ namespace Rcpp{
         static DataFrame_Impl create(){
             return DataFrame_Impl() ;
         }
-
-        #include <Rcpp/generated/DataFrame_generated.h>
+        #if defined(HAS_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) || defined(RCPP_USING_CXX11)
+            template <typename... T>
+            static DataFrame_Impl create(const T&... args) {
+                return DataFrame_Impl::from_list(Parent::create(args...));
+            }
+        #else
+            #include <Rcpp/generated/DataFrame_generated.h>
+        #endif
 
     private:
         void set__(SEXP x){

inst/include/Rcpp/DottedPair.h

@@ -35,8 +35,14 @@ RCPP_API_CLASS(DottedPair_Impl),
 	DottedPair_Impl(SEXP x) {
 	    Storage::set__(x) ;
 	}
-
-	#include <Rcpp/generated/DottedPair__ctors.h>
+  #if defined(HAS_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) || defined(RCPP_USING_CXX11)
+		template <typename... T>
+		DottedPair_Impl(const T&... args) {
+			Storage::set__(pairlist(args...));
+		}
+	#else
+		#include <Rcpp/generated/DottedPair__ctors.h>
+	#endif
 
 	void update(SEXP){}
 

inst/include/Rcpp/Function.h

@@ -82,7 +82,14 @@ namespace Rcpp{
             return Rcpp_fast_eval(call, R_GlobalEnv);
         }
 
-        #include <Rcpp/generated/Function__operator.h>
+        #if defined(HAS_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) || defined(RCPP_USING_CXX11)
+            template <typename... T>
+            SEXP operator()(const T&... args) const {
+            return invoke(pairlist(args...), R_GlobalEnv);
+            }
+        #else
+            #include <Rcpp/generated/Function__operator.h>
+        #endif
 
         /**
          * Returns the environment of this function

inst/include/Rcpp/InternalFunction.h

@@ -47,9 +47,14 @@ namespace Rcpp{
                     )
                 );
         }
+        template <typename RESULT_TYPE, typename... T>
+        InternalFunction_Impl(RESULT_TYPE (*fun)(T...)) {
+            set(XPtr<CppFunctionN<RESULT_TYPE, T...> >(new CppFunctionN<RESULT_TYPE, T...>(fun), true));
+        }
+#else
+        #include <Rcpp/generated/InternalFunction__ctors.h>
 #endif
 
-        #include <Rcpp/generated/InternalFunction__ctors.h>
         void update(SEXP){}
     private:
 

inst/include/Rcpp/InternalFunctionWithStdFunction.h

@@ -23,13 +23,17 @@
 #ifndef Rcpp_InternalFunctionWithStdFunction_h
 #define Rcpp_InternalFunctionWithStdFunction_h
 
+#if defined(HAS_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) || defined(RCPP_USING_CXX11)
+#include <Rcpp/internal/call.h>
+#endif
 #include <functional>
 
 namespace Rcpp {
 
     namespace InternalFunctionWithStdFunction {
-
+        #if !defined(HAS_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) && !defined(RCPP_USING_CXX11)
         #include <Rcpp/generated/InternalFunctionWithStdFunction_call.h>
+        #endif
 
         template <typename RESULT_TYPE, typename... Args>
         class CppFunctionBaseFromStdFunction : public CppFunctionBase {
@@ -39,31 +43,14 @@ namespace Rcpp {
 
                 SEXP operator()(SEXP* args) {
                     BEGIN_RCPP
-                    auto result = call<RESULT_TYPE, Args...>(fun, args);
-                    return Rcpp::module_wrap<RESULT_TYPE>(result);
+                    return call<decltype(fun), RESULT_TYPE, Args...>(fun, args);
                     END_RCPP
                 }
 
             private:
                 const std::function<RESULT_TYPE(Args...)> fun;
         };
 
-        template <typename... Args>
-        class CppFunctionBaseFromStdFunction<void, Args...> : public CppFunctionBase {
-             public:
-                 CppFunctionBaseFromStdFunction(const std::function<void(Args...)> &fun) : fun(fun) {}
-                 virtual ~CppFunctionBaseFromStdFunction() {}
-
-                 SEXP operator()(SEXP* args) {
-                     BEGIN_RCPP
-                     call<void, Args...>(fun, args);
-                     END_RCPP
-                 }
-
-            private:
-                 const std::function<void(Args...)> fun;
-        };
-
     } // namespace InternalFunctionWithStdFunction
 } // namespace Rcpp
 

inst/include/Rcpp/Language.h

@@ -102,7 +102,19 @@ namespace Rcpp{
          * 0.0 is wrapped as a numeric vector using wrap( const& double )
          * ...
          */
-        #include <Rcpp/generated/Language__ctors.h>
+        #if defined(HAS_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) || defined(RCPP_USING_CXX11)
+            template <typename... T>
+            Language_Impl(const std::string& symbol, const T&... t) {
+                Storage::set__(pairlist(Rf_install(symbol.c_str()), t...) );
+            }
+
+            template <typename... T>
+            Language_Impl(const Function& function, const T&... t) {
+                Storage::set__(pairlist(function, t...));
+            }
+        #else
+            #include <Rcpp/generated/Language__ctors.h>
+        #endif
 
         /**
          * sets the symbol of the call