From b33f0a08bce03dd8e8025475b0d3fa92d7b10348 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Turner <jason@emptycrate.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:04:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove initializer_list conversion due to the issues
 mentioned here:

 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18895583/convert-a-vectort-to-initializer-listt
---
 .../dispatchkit/type_conversions.hpp          | 42 -------------------
 unittests/compiled_tests.cpp                  | 42 -------------------
 2 files changed, 84 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/type_conversions.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/type_conversions.hpp
index 1fcabe99..aaa089e0 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/type_conversions.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/type_conversions.hpp
@@ -310,48 +310,6 @@ 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 = { static_cast<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
diff --git a/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp b/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
index 4d65bee2..28e7d4ca 100644
--- a/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
+++ b/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
@@ -913,46 +913,4 @@ TEST_CASE("Return of converted type from script")
   chai.add(chaiscript::user_type<Returned_Converted_Config>(), "Returned_Converted_Config");
 }
 
-#ifndef CHAISCRIPT_MSVC_12
-TEST_CASE("Return initializer_list")
-{
-  chaiscript::ChaiScript chai;
-  
-  chai.add(chaiscript::initializer_list_conversion<std::initializer_list<int>>());
-
-  auto initlist = chai.eval<std::initializer_list<int>>(R"(
-    return [11, 22, 33, 44];
-  )");
-
-  CHECK(initlist.size() == 4);
-  CHECK(typeid(decltype(initlist)) == typeid(std::initializer_list<int>));
-}
-
-bool initializer_list_of_enums_interface(std::initializer_list<Utility_Test_Numbers> initlist)
-{
-  return initlist.size() == 3 && *initlist.begin() == THREE;
-}
-
-TEST_CASE("Call from script with initializer_list argument")
-{
-  chaiscript::ChaiScript chai;
-  
-  chaiscript::ModulePtr m = chaiscript::ModulePtr(new chaiscript::Module());
-  chaiscript::utility::add_class<Utility_Test_Numbers>(*m,
-      "Utility_Test_Numbers",
-      { { ONE, "ONE" },
-        { TWO, "TWO" },
-        { THREE, "THREE" }
-        }
-      );
-  chai.add(m);
-  
-  chai.add(chaiscript::initializer_list_conversion<std::initializer_list<Utility_Test_Numbers>>());
-  chai.add(chaiscript::fun(&initializer_list_of_enums_interface), "initializer_list_of_enums_interface");
-
-  auto interface_result = chai.eval<bool>("return initializer_list_of_enums_interface([THREE, TWO, ONE]);");
-  
-  CHECK(interface_result == true);
-}
-#endif