Re: Rvalue-references, binding and conversions

From:
SG <s.gesemann@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
Fri, 5 Dec 2008 20:34:25 CST
Message-ID:
<94667d73-649f-4a10-9e30-8e3f6fbdbb89@l39g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>
On 5 Dez., 02:18, SG <s.gesem...@gmail.com> wrote:

I appreciate the existence of rvalue references but IMHO their use
should be limited to exactly what they were designed for: move
semantics and perfect forwarding. While testing with concepts and
rvalue references I came across this problem:


[snip]

Here's an update. The problem is actually more subtle:

    #include <iostream>

    struct S {};

    concept C<typename T> {}
    concept_map C<S> {}

    auto concept A<typename T> {}

    template<C T> void foo(const T & x) { // #1
       std::cout << "foo(const T &)\n";
    }

    template<C T> void foo(T && x) { // #2
       std::cout << "foo(T &&)\n";
    }

    template<A T> void bar(const T & x) { // #3
       std::cout << "bar(const T &)\n";
    }

    template<A T> void bar(T && x) { // #4
       std::cout << "bar(T &&)\n";
    }

    int main() {
       S lvl;
       foo(lvl); // #1 with T=S where C<S>, !C<S&>
       foo(S()); // #2 with T=S where C<S>
       bar(lvl); // #4 with T=S& where A<S&>
       bar(S()); // #4 with T=S where A<S>
    }

Tested wit conceptg++ svn 727. So, function #4 attracts all non-const
objects (rvalue AND lvalue) which is NOT what was intended. The lesson
to be learned: Don't mix rvalue references with template parameter
deduction unless you want the type parameter deduced to be a reference
in case of lvalues.

Is there a way to somehow "disable" this deduction rule so #3 is
called on lvalues?

Cheers!
SG

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