Hashing types at compile-time in C++17/C++2a

Question

Consider the following code:

#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>

template <class T>
constexpr std::size_t type_hash(T) noexcept 
{
    // Compute a hash for the type
    // DO SOMETHING SMART HERE
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    auto x = []{};
    auto y = []{};
    auto z = x;
    std::cout << std::is_same_v<decltype(x), decltype(y)> << std::endl; // 0
    std::cout << std::is_same_v<decltype(x), decltype(z)> << std::endl; // 1
    constexpr std::size_t xhash = type_hash(x);
    constexpr std::size_t yhash = type_hash(y);
    constexpr std::size_t zhash = type_hash(z);
    std::cout << (xhash == yhash) << std::endl; // should be 0
    std::cout << (yhash == zhash) << std::endl; // should be 1
    return 0;
}

I would like the type_hash function to return a hash key unique to the type, at compile-time. Is there a way to do that in C++17, or in C++2a (ideally only relying on the standard and without relying compiler intrinsics)?

Answer 1

I doubt that's possible with purely the standard C++.

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But there is a solution that will work on most major compilers (at least GCC, Clang, and MSVC). You could hash strings returned by the following function:

template <typename T> constexpr const char *foo()
{
    #ifdef _MSC_VER
    return __FUNCSIG__;
    #else
    return __PRETTY_FUNCTION__;
    #endif
}