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#include <tuple>

// Elements are the end points of a Widget hierarchy
struct Element
{
    using initer_t = int;
    Element( const initer_t pIniter )
        :data{ pIniter }
    {
        printf("Creating %in", data);
    }
    const initer_t data;
};

// A Widget class stores any number of Elements and/or other Widget instances
template<typename... Elems>
    struct Widget
    {
        using initer_t = std::tuple<typename Elems::initer_t...>;
        Widget( const initer_t pIniter )
            :elements{ pIniter }
        {}
        const std::tuple<Elems...> elements;
    };

int main()
{
    using Button = Widget<Element, Element>;
    using ButtonList = Widget<Button, Button, Element>;

    Button::initer_t basic_button_initer{ 0, 1 }; // presets for Buttons
    Button::initer_t other_button_initer{ 2, 3 };

    ButtonList::initer_t buttonlist_initer{ basic_button_initer, other_button_initer, 4 }; //a preset for a ButtonList

    ButtonList buttonlist{ buttonlist_initer };
    return 0;
}

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#include <tuple>
#include <iostream>

#include <boost/fusion/adapted/std_tuple.hpp>
#include <boost/fusion/algorithm/iteration/for_each.hpp>

int main()
{
    auto a = std::make_tuple(true, 42, 3.14, "abc");
    boost::fusion::for_each(a, [](auto& value) {
            std::cout << value << 'n';
        });
}

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#include <tuple>

template<typename... Elems>
    struct construct
    {
        template<size_t... Ns, typename Head, typename... Rest>
            static constexpr const std::tuple<Rest...>
                drop_head_impl( const std::index_sequence<Ns...> ns,
                    const std::tuple<Head, Rest...> tup )
            {
                return std::tuple<Rest...>( std::get<Ns + 1u>( tup )... );
            }

        template<typename Head, typename... Rest>
            static constexpr const std::tuple<Rest...>
                drop_head( const std::tuple<Head, Rest...> tup )
            {
                return drop_head_impl( std::make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Rest)>(), tup );
            }

        template<typename Head>
            static constexpr const std::tuple<Head>
                func_impl( const std::tuple<typename Head::initer_t> initer )
            {
                return  std::tuple<Head>( { std::get<0>( initer ) } );
            }

        template<typename Head, typename Next, typename... Rest>
            static constexpr const std::tuple<Head, Next, Rest...>
                func_impl( const std::tuple<typename Head::initer_t, typename Next::initer_t, typename Rest::initer_t...> initer )
            {
                std::tuple<Head> head( { std::get<0>( initer ) } );
                return std::tuple_cat( head, func_impl<Next, Rest...>( drop_head(initer) ) );
            }

        static constexpr const std::tuple<Elems...>
            func( const std::tuple<typename Elems::initer_t...> initer )
        {
            return func_impl<Elems...>( initer );
        }
    };

// Elements are the end points of a Widget hierarchy
struct Element
{
    using initer_t = int;
    Element( const initer_t pIniter )
        :data{ pIniter }
    {
        printf( "Creating %in", data );
    }
    const initer_t data;
};

// A Widget class stores any number of Elements and/or other Widget instances
template<typename... Elems>
    struct Widget
    {
        using initer_t = std::tuple<typename Elems::initer_t...>;
        Widget( const initer_t pIniter )
            :elements( construct<Elems...>::func( pIniter ) )
        {}
        const std::tuple<Elems...> elements;
    };

int main()
{
    using Button = Widget<Element, Element>;
    using ButtonList = Widget<Button, Button, Element>;

    Button::initer_t basic_button_initer{ 0, 1 }; // presets for Buttons
    Button::initer_t other_button_initer{ 2, 3 };

    ButtonList::initer_t buttonlist_initer{ basic_button_initer, other_button_initer, 4 }; //a preset for a ButtonList

    ButtonList buttonlist{ buttonlist_initer };
    return 0;
}