Re: rvalue swap confusion

From:
SG <s.gesemann@gmail.com>
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Date:
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:04:14 CST
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On 17 Apr., 00:41, Dragan Milenkovic <dra...@plusplus.rs> wrote:

Hello,

n2844 changed the behavior of references:

     * Rvalue references can no longer bind to lvalues.
     * One can explicitly static_cast an lvalue to an rvalue
       without creating a temporary.


You mean "static_cast an lvalue to rvalue *reference* without creating
a temporary".

Yes, and this is a good thing. You need this cast for std::move and
std::forward. Apart from the arguments against the original binding
rules mentioned in related papers there's another good one: The new
rules will probably cause less confusion. Some people initially
thought && would only bind to an rvalue anyways. Also, the new rules
are more consistent w.r.t. the &&-ref qualifier for member functions.

[...]
Among other things it removes rvalue swap from std::function.

My question is how does this relate to
http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/lwg-defects.html#770
What is the final interface like? Could someone help?


I'm not sure. But a single swap member for std::function with a &&
parameter won't do it since && doesn't bind to lvalues anymore. I
honestly don't understand the motivation for #770. You can still swap
an rvalue with an lvalue by invoking the swap member function on the
rvalue. It even works in C++98:

   vector<int> source();

   vector<int> a;
   source().swap(a);

Cheers!
SG

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