folly/folly/compression/elias_fano/CodingDetail.h

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/**
 * Shared utils for BitVectorCoding.h and EliasFanoCoding.h.
 */

#pragma once

#include <stddef.h>

namespace folly {
namespace compression {
namespace detail {

/**
 * Helpers to store pointers to forward and skip pointer arrays only
 * if they are used, that is, the quantum is nonzero. If it is 0, the
 * class is empty, and the member is static to keep the syntax valid,
 * thus it will take no space in a derived class thanks to empty base
 * class optimization.
 */
template <size_t>
class ForwardPointers {
 protected:
  explicit ForwardPointers(const unsigned char* ptr) : forwardPointers_(ptr) {}
  const unsigned char* const forwardPointers_;
};
template <>
class ForwardPointers<0> {
 protected:
  explicit ForwardPointers(const unsigned char*) {}
  constexpr static const unsigned char* const forwardPointers_{};
};

template <size_t>
class SkipPointers {
 protected:
  explicit SkipPointers(const unsigned char* ptr) : skipPointers_(ptr) {}
  const unsigned char* const skipPointers_;
};
template <>
class SkipPointers<0> {
 protected:
  explicit SkipPointers(const unsigned char*) {}
  constexpr static const unsigned char* const skipPointers_{};
};
} // namespace detail
} // namespace compression
} // namespace folly