Re: vc 2010 beta2 bind unique_ptr move

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.stl
Date:
Wed, 2 Dec 2009 08:41:05 -0500
Message-ID:
<OabneU1cKHA.1596@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
nebojsa vujnovic wrote:

I'm playing with new language features and as a result:
 
win32 console app->empty project
 
file: main.cpp
 
#include <memory>
#include <functional>
#include <utility>
 
void foo(std::unique_ptr<int> pint)
{
}
 
int wmain( )
{
   std::unique_ptr<int> pint(new int(42));
   std::bind(foo, std::move(pint));
}
 
 
1>main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: =

__thiscall

std::unique_ptr<int,struct std::default_delete<int> =
::unique_ptr<int,struct
std::default_delete<int> >(class std::unique_ptr<int,struct
std::default_delete<int> > const &)"
(??0?$unique_ptr@HU?$default_delete@H@std@@@std@@QAE@ABV01@@Z)


The functional produced by std::bind stores a copy of pint (which it can =
do using move constructor). Its operator() would then call =
foo(copy_of_pint). It doesn't know enough about its parameter to infer =
that it should use move() in this call. So this is the part that fails.

The (draft) standard requires that parameters of std::bind be =
CopyConstructible, which unique_ptr isn't. So your program is invalid.

I expected that move constructor is called not copy constructor and I =

also

expected that move
constructor will be called when callee is invoked.


What led you to expect the latter?

Will it be possible to transfer ownership to callee using bind, =

unique_ptr,

move combination ?


Not as far as I can tell. Why would you need a functional that can be =
called only once?

And does C++1x say anything about this


Yes.

or is it a VC bug


No.

or I expect too much?


Apparently.
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