Re: Are moved from objects save to use
On 4/14/2015 5:49 AM, Volker Wippel wrote:
In C++11:
17.6.5.15 ...Unless otherwise specified, such moved-from objects
shall be placed in a valid but unspecified state.
std::vector<int> x = f();
auto const y = std::move(x);
x.push_back(1);... //use x like a "fresh" empty vector?
assert(1 == x.size());
For vectors or other STL containers and other classes, is this
"unspecified state" guarantied to allow save operations except
deletion?
See Jorgen's reply, and also my question:
Why not deletion? What prevents you from doing
x.clear();
to ensure it's empty before you start inserting into it?
> All or just move into, assignment?
Everything is OK as long as you don't assume it contains any useful
data. It might or it might not, that's the whole idea of "unspecified
state". Feel free to query its size as well. And if it does have some
data (x.empty() == false), you can extract those too, not sure of what
use they are going to be.
V
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