Re: Implicit move constructor rules in c++0x still badly broken?
Howard Hinnant wrote:
Here's Dave's code, completed and instrumented:
#include <iostream>
class Y
{
int state_;
public:
enum {destructed = -2, moved_from, default_constructed};
Y() : state_(default_constructed) {}
Y(const Y& a) : state_(a.state_) {}
Y& operator=(const Y& a) {state_ = a.state_; return *this;}
Y(Y&& a) : state_(a.state_)
{
a.state_ = moved_from;
}
Y& operator=(Y&& a)
{
state_ = a.state_;
a.state_ = moved_from;
return *this;
}
~Y()
{
state_ = destructed;
}
explicit Y(int s) : state_(s) {}
friend
std::ostream&
operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Y& a)
{
switch (a.state_)
{
case Y::destructed:
os << "Y is destructed\n";
break;
case Y::moved_from:
os << "Y is moved from\n";
break;
case Y::default_constructed:
os << "Y is default constructed\n";
break;
default:
os << "Y = " << a.state_ << '\n';
break;
}
return os;
}
friend bool operator==(const Y& x, const Y& y)
{return x.state_ == y.state_;}
friend bool operator<(const Y& x, const Y& y)
{return x.state_ < y.state_;}
};
class InvariantChecker
{
Y* v_;
InvariantChecker(const InvariantChecker&);
InvariantChecker& operator=(const InvariantChecker&);
public:
explicit InvariantChecker() : v_(0) {}
explicit InvariantChecker(Y& v) : v_(&v) {}
~InvariantChecker()
{
if (v_)
std::cout << *v_ << '\n';
}
};
Y
f(bool choose)
{
Y a(1), b(2);
InvariantChecker xa(a), xb(b);
// Incorrect comment follows:
// The use of ?: guarantees that there will be no copy elision.
// Instead, either a or b will be *moved* into the return value.
return choose ? a : b;
Replace with:
if(choose) return a;
return b;
// xb and xa get destroyed here
// b and a get destroyed thereafter
}
int main()
{
Y y = f(true);
}
Using a recent build of clang and libc++ this, at least for me
outputs:
Y = 2
Y = 1
Using g++-4.4 with libc++ I get the identical output. To demonstrate
Dave's point I expect to see:
Y is moved from
in the output. If someone copy/pastes this code into another
environment and gets different results, please post that.
With this small change (I have finally found that the implicit move on
return thing is right next to copy elision in the standard), it does
print "Y is moved from".
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