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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
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<a name="boost_optional.tutorial.optional_references.rebinding_semantics_for_assignment_of_optional_references"></a><a class="link" href="rebinding_semantics_for_assignment_of_optional_references.html" title="Rebinding semantics for assignment of optional references">Rebinding
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semantics for assignment of optional references</a>
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If you assign to an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized </em></span> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&></span></code> the effect is to bind (for the
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first time) to the object. Clearly, there is no other choice.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rx</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&></span> <span class="identifier">ora</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&></span> <span class="identifier">orb</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">ora</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">orb</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// now 'ora' is bound to 'x' through 'rx'</span>
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<span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">ora</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// Changes value of 'x' through 'ora'</span>
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<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">==</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">);</span>
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</pre>
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<p>
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If you assign to a bare C++ reference, the assignment is forwarded to the
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referenced object; its value changes but the reference is never rebound.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">ra</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rb</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">ra</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">rb</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// Changes the value of 'a' to 'b'</span>
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<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">==</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ra</span><span class="special">!=</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// 'ra' is not rebound to 'b'</span>
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Now, if you assign to an <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized </em></span> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&></span></code>,
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the effect is to <span class="bold"><strong>rebind</strong></span> to the new object
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instead of assigning the referee. This is unlike bare C++ references.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">ra</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rb</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&></span> <span class="identifier">ora</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ra</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&></span> <span class="identifier">orb</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rb</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">ora</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">orb</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// 'ora' is rebound to 'b'</span>
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<span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">ora</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// Changes value of 'b' (not 'a')</span>
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<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">==</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">==</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<h6>
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<a name="boost_optional.tutorial.optional_references.rebinding_semantics_for_assignment_of_optional_references.h0"></a>
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<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_optional.tutorial.optional_references.rebinding_semantics_for_assignment_of_optional_references.rationale"></a></span><a class="link" href="rebinding_semantics_for_assignment_of_optional_references.html#boost_optional.tutorial.optional_references.rebinding_semantics_for_assignment_of_optional_references.rationale">Rationale</a>
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</h6>
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Rebinding semantics for the assignment of <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized </em></span>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span></code> references has
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been chosen to provide <span class="bold"><strong>consistency among initialization
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states</strong></span> even at the expense of lack of consistency with the semantics
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of bare C++ references. It is true that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">></span></code> strives to behave as much as possible
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as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">U</span></code> does whenever it is
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initialized; but in the case when <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">U</span></code>
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is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span></code>,
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doing so would result in inconsistent behavior w.r.t to the lvalue initialization
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state.
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Imagine <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&></span></code>
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forwarding assignment to the referenced object (thus changing the referenced
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object value but not rebinding), and consider the following code:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&></span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">();</span>
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<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">rx</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&></span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rx</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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</pre>
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<p>
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What does the assignment do?
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If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code> is <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span>,
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the answer is clear: it binds to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">x</span></code>
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(we now have another reference to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">x</span></code>).
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But what if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code> is already
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<span class="emphasis"><em>initialized</em></span>? it would change the value of the referenced
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object (whatever that is); which is inconsistent with the other possible
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case.
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If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&></span></code>
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would assign just like <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span></code> does, you would never be able to use
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Optional's assignment without explicitly handling the previous initialization
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state unless your code is capable of functioning whether after the assignment,
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code> aliases the same object
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as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">b</span></code> or not.
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That is, you would have to discriminate in order to be consistent.
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If in your code rebinding to another object is not an option, then it is
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very likely that binding for the first time isn't either. In such case,
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assignment to an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized </em></span> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&></span></code> shall be prohibited. It is quite
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possible that in such a scenario it is a precondition that the lvalue must
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be already initialized. If it isn't, then binding for the first time is
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OK while rebinding is not which is IMO very unlikely. In such a scenario,
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you can assign the value itself directly, as in:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(!!</span><span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span>
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