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- The very minimum requirement of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code>
- is that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is a complete type
- and that it has a publicly accessible destructor. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
- doesn't even need to be constructible. You can use a very minimum interface:
- </p>
- <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// uninitialized</span>
- <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// check if initialized</span>
- <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(!</span><span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">//</span>
- <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">();</span> <span class="comment">// always throws</span>
- </pre>
- <p>
- But this is practically useless. In order for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code>
- to be able to do anything useful and offer all the spectrum of ways of accessing
- the contained value, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> needs
- to have at least one accessible constructor. In that case you need to initialize
- the optional object with function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">emplace</span><span class="special">()</span></code>, or if your compiler does not support it,
- resort to <a class="link" href="in_place_factories.html" title="In-Place Factories">In-Place
- Factories</a>:
- </p>
- <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">emplace</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"T"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"ctor"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"params"</span><span class="special">);</span>
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- <p>
- If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">MoveConstructible</span></code>,
- <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code> is
- also <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">MoveConstructible</span></code> and
- can be easily initialized from an rvalue of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
- and be passed by value:
- </p>
- <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">o</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">make_T</span><span class="special">();</span>
- <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">>();</span>
- </pre>
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- If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is <a href="../../../../../utility/CopyConstructible.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">CopyConstructible</span></code></a>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code> is
- also <a href="../../../../../utility/CopyConstructible.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">CopyConstructible</span></code></a>
- and can be easily initialized from an lvalue of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>:
- </p>
- <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">make_T</span><span class="special">();</span>
- <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">o</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">;</span>
- </pre>
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- If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is not <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">MoveAssignable</span></code>, it is still possible to
- reset the value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code>
- using function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">emplace</span><span class="special">()</span></code>:
- </p>
- <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">o</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">make_T</span><span class="special">();</span>
- <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">emplace</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">make_another_T</span><span class="special">());</span>
- </pre>
- <p>
- If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Moveable</span></code>
- (both <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">MoveConstructible</span></code> and
- <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">MoveAssignable</span></code>) then <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code> is
- also <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Moveable</span></code> and additionally
- can be constructed and assigned from an rvalue of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
- </p>
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- Similarly, if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Copyable</span></code> (both <a href="../../../../../utility/CopyConstructible.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">CopyConstructible</span></code></a> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">CopyAssignable</span></code>) then <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code>
- is also <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Copyable</span></code> and additionally
- can be constructed and assigned from an lvalue of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
- </p>
- <p>
- <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> <span class="emphasis"><em>is not</em></span>
- required to be <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/DefaultConstructible.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">DefaultConstructible</span></code></a>.
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