Re: Avoid accidentally creating a temporary
Johannes Schaub wrote:
Alf P. Steinbach /Usenet wrote:
<code>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <assert.h>
void enable_foo( int ) { printf( "e\n" ); }
void disable_foo() { printf( "d\n" ); }
namespace detail
{
struct scoped_foo_impl
{
scoped_foo_impl( scoped_foo_impl const& )
{
assert( "Ouch, copy constructing! Probably no RVO..." );
}
explicit scoped_foo_impl( int n )
{
enable_foo( n );
}
~scoped_foo_impl() { disable_foo(); }
};
scoped_foo_impl make_foo( int n ) { return scoped_foo_impl( n );
}
}
typedef detail::scoped_foo_impl const& scoped_foo;
using detail::make_foo;
int main()
{
scoped_foo g = make_foo( 3 );
//scoped_foo make_foo( 3 ); // Nix!
//scoped_foo( 3 ); // Nyet!
printf( "*\n" );
}
</code>
This is a neat trick, I will have to remember it. Sadly, it doesn't work
with list initialization
scoped_foo make_foo{ 3 }; // valid
scoped_foo { 3 }; // valid :(
If you're introducing a factory:
class A; A make_A(int n);
class A {
// implicit private:
A(int){}
friend A make_A(int n){return A(n);}
};
int main(){
A a=make_A(3);
}
(you can still couple that with the various tricks above)
Easiest remains the macro:
#define takefoo(X) scoped_foo foo##__LINE__ (X);
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