John Maddock wrote: >>> Thats my point - you may flag some types as safely moveable and then >>> use >>> this knowledge in algorithms. User has the responsibility to do the >>> decision. >> >> Extremely dangerous and error prone. I can't even imagine a non-POD >> type where flagging it for memcpy_copyable and memcpy_moveable can >> be right. > Can >> you give an example ? >> >> Also, "flagging it" introduces some more complication on the user's >> part. How would you propose the user do this ? > > He needs to take a look at the has_trivial_* traits: > > has_trivial_assign is roughly equivalent to memcpy_copyable > > I guess there is no equivalent to memcpy_moveable: but it looks rather > dangerous, what state is the original object left in afterwards etc?
None. There is no original object after the move, only raw storage. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost