template <class Prev, class This>
class TypeList
{
public:
   enum
   {
      position = (Prev::position) + 1,
   };
};

template <>
class TypeList<void, void>
{
public:
  enum
  {
     position = 0,
  };
};


#include <iostream>

int main()
{
        typedef TypeList< void, void> base;  // base
        typedef TypeList< base, double> t2;  // position is unique id for double
        typedef TypeList< t2, char > t3; // position is unique id for char

        std::cout << "T1 Posn: " << base::position << std::endl;
        std::cout << "T2 Posn: " << t2::position << std::endl;
        std::cout << "T3 Posn: " << t3::position << std::endl;
}