Added initializer_list<T> conversion as possible function call argument or return type.

include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/type_conversions.hpp

@@ -310,7 +310,48 @@ namespace chaiscript
       private:
         Callable m_func;
     };
-
+#ifndef CHAISCRIPT_MSVC_12
+		//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18895583/convert-a-vectort-to-initializer-listt
+    constexpr size_t DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH = 128;
+  
+    template <typename V> struct backingValue { static V value; };
+    template <typename V> V backingValue<V>::value;
+  
+    template <typename V, typename... Vcount> struct backingList { static std::initializer_list<V> list; };
+    template <typename V, typename... Vcount>
+    std::initializer_list<V> backingList<V, Vcount...>::list = { (Vcount)backingValue<V>::value... };
+  
+    template <size_t maxLength, typename It, typename V = typename It::value_type, typename... Vcount>
+    static typename std::enable_if< sizeof...(Vcount) >= maxLength,
+    std::initializer_list<V> >::type generate_n(It begin, It end, It current)
+    {
+      throw std::length_error("More than maxLength elements in range.");
+    }
+  
+    template <size_t maxLength = DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH, typename It, typename V = typename It::value_type, typename... Vcount>
+    static typename std::enable_if< sizeof...(Vcount) < maxLength,
+    std::initializer_list<V> >::type generate_n(It begin, It end, It current)
+    {
+      if (current != end)
+      {
+        return generate_n<maxLength, It, V, V, Vcount...>(begin, end, ++current);
+      }
+  
+      current = begin;
+      for (auto it = backingList<V, Vcount...>::list.begin();
+      it != backingList<V, Vcount...>::list.end();
+      ++current, ++it)
+      *const_cast<V*>(&*it) = *current;
+  
+      return backingList<V, Vcount...>::list;
+    }
+  
+    template <typename It>
+    std::initializer_list<typename It::value_type> range_to_initializer_list(It begin, It end)
+    {
+      return detail::generate_n(begin, end, begin);
+    }
+#endif
   }
 
   class Type_Conversions
@@ -593,6 +634,24 @@ namespace chaiscript
       return chaiscript::make_shared<detail::Type_Conversion_Base, detail::Type_Conversion_Impl<decltype(func)>>(user_type<std::vector<Boxed_Value>>(), user_type<To>(), func);
     }
 
+#ifndef CHAISCRIPT_MSVC_12
+  template<typename To>
+  Type_Conversion initializer_list_conversion() {
+    auto func = [](const Boxed_Value &t_bv) -> Boxed_Value {
+      const std::vector<Boxed_Value> &from_vec = detail::Cast_Helper<const std::vector<Boxed_Value> &>::cast(t_bv, nullptr);
+
+      std::vector<To::value_type> vec;
+      vec.reserve(from_vec.size());
+      for (const auto &bv : from_vec) {
+        vec.push_back(detail::Cast_Helper<typename To::value_type>::cast(bv, nullptr));
+      }
+
+      return Boxed_Value(detail::range_to_initializer_list(vec.begin(), vec.end()));
+    };
+    auto ret = chaiscript::make_shared<detail::Type_Conversion_Base, detail::Type_Conversion_Impl<decltype(func)>>(user_type<std::vector<Boxed_Value>>(), user_type<To>(), func);
+    return ret;
+  }
+#endif
 }