-/// Some magic to detect family type of endgame from its enum value
-
-template<bool> struct bool_to_type { typedef Value type; };
-template<> struct bool_to_type<true> { typedef ScaleFactor type; };
-template<EndgameType E> struct eg_family : public bool_to_type<(E > SCALE_FUNS)> {};
+/// Endgame functions can be of two types depending on whether they return a
+/// Value or a ScaleFactor.
+template<EndgameType E> using
+eg_type = typename std::conditional<(E < SCALING_FUNCTIONS), Value, ScaleFactor>::type;