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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">></span></code>
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should be used with special caution and consideration.
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First, it is functionally similar to a tristate boolean (false, maybe,
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except that in a tristate boolean, the maybe state <span class="underline">represents
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">></span></code>.
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It should be carefully considered if an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">></span></code> instead of a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tribool</span></code>
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to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code> in C++11, this falls
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to the initialization state and not to the contained value. Using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">></span></code>
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can lead to subtle errors due to the implicit <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
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conversion:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">bar</span><span class="special">()</span>
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<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">try</span><span class="special">();</span>
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<span class="comment">// The following intended to pass the value of 'v' to foo():</span>
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<span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="comment">// But instead, the initialization state is passed</span>
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<span class="comment">// due to a typo: it should have been foo(*v).</span>
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The only implicit conversion is to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>,
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and it is safe in the sense that typical integral promotions don't apply
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(i.e. if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
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Third, mixed comparisons with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
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work differently than similar mixed comparisons between pointers and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>, so the results might surprise you:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">oEmpty</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">oTrue</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">true</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">oFalse</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">false</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oEmpty</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// renders true</span>
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<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oEmpty</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="keyword">false</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// renders false!</span>
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<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oEmpty</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="keyword">true</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// renders false!</span>
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<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oFalse</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// renders false</span>
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<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oFalse</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="keyword">false</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// renders true!</span>
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<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oFalse</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="keyword">true</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// renders false</span>
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<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oTrue</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// renders false</span>
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<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oTrue</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="keyword">false</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// renders false</span>
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<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oTrue</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="keyword">true</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// renders true</span>
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In other words, for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><></span></code>, the following assertion does not
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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> <span class="keyword">false</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">(!</span><span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">));</span>
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Sometimes on GCC compilers below version 5.1 you may get an -Wmaybe-uninitialized
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span>
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<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">argc</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="special">*[])</span>
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<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><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">getitem</span><span class="special">();</span>
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This is a bug in the compiler. As a workaround (provided in <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21755206/how-to-get-around-gcc-void-b-4-may-be-used-uninitialized-in-this-funct" target="_top">this
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><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">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">make_optional</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">false</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">());</span>
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