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# BOOST_MPL_GET_TAG_DEF

### Synopsis

    #define BOOST_MPL_GET_TAG_DEF(name) \
        unspecified token sequence \
    /**/

### Description

Expands into a definition of a lazy getter Metafunction `get_tag_name` such that for any type `x` `get_tag_name<x>::type is type` where `name` is a nested type member of `x`.

### Header

    #include <boost/mpl/get_tag.hpp>

### Parameters

Parameter | Requirement | Description
--- | --- | ---
`name` | A legal identifier token | A name of the member to get.

### Expression semantics

For any legal C++ identifier `name`:

    BOOST_MPL_GET_TAG_DEF(name)

Precondition: | Appears at namespace scope.
Return type: | None.
Semantics: | Equivalent to
    namespace boost { namespace mpl {
    template<class T>
    struct get_##name {
    	typedef typename T::name type;
    };
    }}

### Example

    struct test_type_get_tag_def;

    BOOST_MPL_GET_TAG_DEF(a_tag);

    namespace boost { namespace mpl {

    struct test_type_get_tag_def
    {
    	typedef int a_tag;
    };

    }}

    typedef boost::mpl::get_a_tag<test_type_get_tag_def>::type   got_the_tag;

### See also

Macros, BOOST_MPL_HAS_XXX_TRAIT_NAMED_DEF