Re: A question about Rvalue References
Howard Hinnant wrote:
On second thought, I find myself wondering if a compile-time error is
necessary above. There exists an implicit conversion function such that
the above would compile:
Foo f1(s, string(cs), string(), std::move(s2));
I seem to recall that the C++03 equivalent
struct X
{
operator X& () const;
};
void f( X& );
int main()
{
X const cx;
f( cx );
}
doesn't work (and Comeau C++ 4.3 thinks so, too) but I haven't been
able to find the chapter and verse that states that it won't work. But
maybe invoking string::string( string const& ) to create the target of
string&& is different from invoking X::operator X& () const to create
the target of X&. You never know.
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