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1b08eee51c merged from trunk
[SVN r49607]
2008-11-06 00:15:47 +00:00
09ec782651 merged from trunk
[SVN r45360]
2008-05-14 19:40:35 +00:00
2de9aeb4b0 merged from trunk
[SVN r45289]
2008-05-11 18:27:27 +00:00
971aac4251 Merged revisions 44724,44726-44730,44738,44741-44742,44744,44746-44750,44752-44753,44755-44756,44758,44764,44766-44768,44771-44775,44777,44781-44787,44789-44807,44812-44816,44818-44826,44831,44837-44840,44842-44853,44857,44862,44864,44873,44877,44881-44883,44886-44887,44889,44891,44893,44895,44897,44900-44902,44904-44907,44919,44934,44941-44942,44946,44949-44954,44957,44962,44968-44973,44975,44977,44979-44984,44991-44993,44995,44997-45002,45004-45006,45010-45011,45019,45023,45025-45027 via svnmerge from
https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk

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  r44724 | daniel_frey | 2008-04-22 12:48:39 -0700 (Tue, 22 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Reduce enable_shared_from_this overhead
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  r44726 | emildotchevski | 2008-04-22 15:23:27 -0700 (Tue, 22 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  seems like <link>static causes errors
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  r44727 | chris_kohlhoff | 2008-04-22 16:46:15 -0700 (Tue, 22 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
  
  Fix or suppress MSVC level 4 warnings. Fixes #1703.
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  r44728 | pdimov | 2008-04-22 17:33:58 -0700 (Tue, 22 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Silence an g++ -Wextra warning.
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  r44729 | noel_belcourt | 2008-04-22 18:35:01 -0700 (Tue, 22 Apr 2008) | 11 lines
  
  Fixed intel-darwin unresolved symbols by changing the 
  wide integer type from unsigned int (which managles as
  a 'j') to an int (which mangles as an 'i').  This
  change makes intel-darwin generated code match the 
  darwin toolset generated code.
  
  Intel reports this won't be fixed in 10.1 because it's
  an ABI breanking chanage so we won't see this patched 
  until the 10.2 compilers.
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  r44730 | daniel_frey | 2008-04-22 23:12:39 -0700 (Tue, 22 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Reduce enable_shared_from_this overhead (replace _internal_shared_ptr by _internal_shared_count)
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  r44738 | danieljames | 2008-04-23 00:09:58 -0700 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008) | 85 lines
  
  Merge support for emplace for compilers with rvalue references and variadic templates arguments, and better use of C++0x allocators.
  Merged revisions 44058-44075,44078-44084,44086-44108,44110-44365,44367,44369-44414,44416-44419,44421-44457,44467-44469,44471-44511,44513-44535,44537-44737 via svnmerge from 
  https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/branches/unordered/trunk
  
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    r44467 | danieljames | 2008-04-16 18:35:56 +0100 (Wed, 16 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Add C++-0x support to the test allocators.
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    r44468 | danieljames | 2008-04-16 18:36:06 +0100 (Wed, 16 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Add a C++-0x node_constructor.
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    r44469 | danieljames | 2008-04-16 18:36:16 +0100 (Wed, 16 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    C++-0x constructor for node.
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    r44516 | danieljames | 2008-04-17 21:41:48 +0100 (Thu, 17 Apr 2008) | 16 lines
    
    Merge in my work so far on implementing emplace for compilers with variadic
    template & rvalue references.
    
    Merged revisions 44059-44062 via svnmerge from 
    https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/branches/unordered/dev
    
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      r44059 | danieljames | 2008-04-05 17:41:25 +0100 (Sat, 05 Apr 2008) | 1 line
      
      First stab at implementing emplace - only for compilers with variadic template & rvalue references.
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      r44062 | danieljames | 2008-04-05 19:12:09 +0100 (Sat, 05 Apr 2008) | 1 line
      
      Better variable template arguments, need to add proper support to BoostBook.
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    r44616 | danieljames | 2008-04-20 13:30:19 +0100 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 1 line
    
    Merge with trunk, fixes tabs.
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    r44618 | danieljames | 2008-04-20 13:42:38 +0100 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Some extra compile tests.
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    r44619 | danieljames | 2008-04-20 13:42:50 +0100 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix an error message.
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    r44703 | danieljames | 2008-04-21 20:19:50 +0100 (Mon, 21 Apr 2008) | 15 lines
    
    Merge latest changes from trunk.
    
    Merged revisions 44616-44702 via svnmerge from 
    https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk
    
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      r44650 | danieljames | 2008-04-20 22:08:57 +0100 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 1 line
      
      Update an include.
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      r44697 | danieljames | 2008-04-21 16:55:40 +0100 (Mon, 21 Apr 2008) | 1 line
      
      Factor out the code for choosing the bucket count, and which bucket that hash values map to make it easier to experiment with alternative policies.
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    r44733 | danieljames | 2008-04-23 07:55:43 +0100 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Remove 'reserve_extra'.
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    r44734 | danieljames | 2008-04-23 07:55:55 +0100 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    More unnecessary copy tests - showing some weakness in the emplace implementation.
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    r44735 | danieljames | 2008-04-23 07:56:06 +0100 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    More tests.
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    r44736 | danieljames | 2008-04-23 07:56:19 +0100 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Comment out a test which requires a C++0x std::pair.
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    r44737 | danieljames | 2008-04-23 07:56:35 +0100 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Avoid creating unnecessary copies in unordered_set::emplace and unordered_map::emplace.
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  r44741 | noel_belcourt | 2008-04-23 09:16:38 -0700 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008) | 4 lines
  
  Patch PGI to fix config problem (clock_gettime is unresolved
  external) and add required macro define for IOV_MAX support.
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  r44742 | emildotchevski | 2008-04-23 10:31:56 -0700 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Fix for http://tinyurl.com/6owy6b.
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  r44744 | daniel_frey | 2008-04-23 12:32:44 -0700 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Remove dynamic_cast in init_internal_shared_once()
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  r44746 | noel_belcourt | 2008-04-23 18:40:31 -0700 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008) | 4 lines
  
  Fixup patch to intel-darwin.jam so it looks and
  reads a bit better.
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  r44747 | noel_belcourt | 2008-04-23 21:58:27 -0700 (Wed, 23 Apr 2008) | 3 lines
  
  Force pgi to always link rt lib, ugh.
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  r44748 | johnmaddock | 2008-04-24 02:40:31 -0700 (Thu, 24 Apr 2008) | 3 lines
  
  Apply VC-7.1 fixes: sometimes ADL fails, and we need a using declaration in order for the correct overload to be found.
  Add missing #include. to t_distribution_inv.hpp.
  Suppress unnecessary instantiations in instantiate_all.cpp.
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  r44749 | hkaiser | 2008-04-24 06:52:22 -0700 (Thu, 24 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Phoenix: disambiguated ref() (gcc 4.3 complained...)
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  r44750 | hkaiser | 2008-04-24 06:54:05 -0700 (Thu, 24 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Qi: helping gcc 4.3 to understand what's going on.
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  r44752 | bemandawes | 2008-04-24 13:29:08 -0700 (Thu, 24 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Fix #1858, typo in non-member operators table
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  r44753 | grafik | 2008-04-24 13:30:03 -0700 (Thu, 24 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Make it possible to filter which libraries are tested from the CLI with "--filter-tests=" options.
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  r44755 | djowel | 2008-04-24 15:13:32 -0700 (Thu, 24 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  added nullary function support
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  r44756 | djowel | 2008-04-24 15:13:58 -0700 (Thu, 24 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  use plain functions instead of bind
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  r44758 | noel_belcourt | 2008-04-24 16:05:16 -0700 (Thu, 24 Apr 2008) | 4 lines
  
  Added no two phase name lookup for intel-darwin
  compilers.
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  r44764 | noel_belcourt | 2008-04-25 08:38:26 -0700 (Fri, 25 Apr 2008) | 4 lines
  
  Enable macros BOOST_HAS_PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_SETTYPE and
  BOOST_HAS_NANOSLEEP.
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  r44766 | niels_dekker | 2008-04-25 09:50:32 -0700 (Fri, 25 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Improved swap for optional<T>, co-written by Thorsten and Fernando: added support for tweaking whether swap should use T's default constructor. Added swap member function. Discussed at Boost developers' mailing list, "[optional] problems with swap()", http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2008/04/135882.php
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  r44767 | niels_dekker | 2008-04-25 09:52:34 -0700 (Fri, 25 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Added unit tests, testing optional<T> swap improvements of revision [44766] 
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  r44768 | noel_belcourt | 2008-04-25 10:37:47 -0700 (Fri, 25 Apr 2008) | 3 lines
  
  Get config tests working (missing -lrt).
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  r44771 | hkaiser | 2008-04-25 19:02:44 -0700 (Fri, 25 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Applied patch provided by Felipe Magno de Almeida [felipe.m.almeida@gmail.com].
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  r44772 | daniel_frey | 2008-04-25 23:36:59 -0700 (Fri, 25 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  No need for the new ctors to be templates
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  r44773 | anthonyw | 2008-04-26 00:34:46 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Fixed g++ compile error
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  r44774 | speedsnail | 2008-04-26 02:54:07 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 3 lines
  
  use-project didn't actually do what the comment promised.
  This triggered an error with thread Jamfile that could be seen when bjam was invoked in rootdir with
  bjam --with-wave.
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  r44775 | pdimov | 2008-04-26 06:39:52 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Added a few more tests.
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  r44777 | daniel_frey | 2008-04-26 08:42:13 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Added new reset()-counterparts for the new ctors
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  r44781 | emildotchevski | 2008-04-26 10:43:58 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Added protected destructor to the base type error_info_base
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  r44782 | daniel_frey | 2008-04-26 12:59:11 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Refactored and optimized enable_shared_from_this
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  r44783 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 13:09:56 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Added wrap_action for zero parameter semantic actions
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  r44784 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 13:10:36 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Lex: fixed typos in comments
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  r44785 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 13:11:25 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Classic: Added some explaining comments to the namespace handling.
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  r44786 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 13:12:12 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit: applied patch from #1886, closed now.
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  r44787 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 13:24:00 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit: Switched to use unordered from main Boost distribution, removed local copy of unordered.
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  r44789 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 14:51:59 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Phoenix: Fixed gcc 4.3.0 compilation issue.
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  r44790 | grafik | 2008-04-26 15:21:50 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Add the test target name to the bjam XML log output to make it easier to match tests to jam targets.
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  r44791 | grafik | 2008-04-26 16:15:40 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Re-implement PJL in Python to fix various problems with the C++ version. In brief to remove the need of a good C++ compiler to submit results, remove the post-processing of the raw bjam output, and to fix missing results (for example Spirit classic results).
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  r44792 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 17:49:41 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit: disabled some warnings for VC /W4
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  r44793 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 18:00:34 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit: suppressed more VC level 4 warnings
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  r44794 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 18:04:25 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Fusion: Fixed a VC level 4 warning
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  r44795 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 18:08:04 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit: suppressed more VC level 4 warnings.
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  r44796 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 18:08:43 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit: suppressed more VC level 4 warnings.
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  r44797 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 18:38:42 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Lex: Attempt to fix Intel V9.1 issue.
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  r44798 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 18:44:31 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Lex: fixed some gcc 4.3 warnings.
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  r44799 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 18:45:05 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Lex: Fixed gcc 4.3 compilation erros.
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  r44800 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 18:46:24 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Lex: fixed some gcc 4.3 warnings.
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  r44801 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 18:47:35 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Lex: fixed some gcc 4.3 warnings.
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  r44802 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 18:50:50 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Karma: Fixed Jamfile
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  r44803 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 18:59:44 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Qi: Fixed a ambiguity reported by gcc 4.3
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  r44804 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 19:01:22 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Karma: Fixed gcc 4.3 compilation issue.
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  r44805 | hkaiser | 2008-04-26 19:04:07 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit: Fixed a ambiguity reported by VC8 for embedded systems
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  r44806 | djowel | 2008-04-26 20:21:12 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  tweak: const correctness
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  r44807 | danieljames | 2008-04-27 00:39:49 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 78 lines
  
  Merge in documentation fixes.  Apart from the change to optional's documenation
  Jamfile, which I included by mistake.
  
  Fixes #1659, #1661, #1684, #1685, 1687, #1690, #1801
  
  I wrote about this at:
  
  http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2008/04/136405.php
  
  Merged revisions 44585-44806 via svnmerge from 
  https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/branches/doc
  
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    r44585 | danieljames | 2008-04-19 16:25:27 +0100 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix broken link to vacpp in bjam docs. Refs #1512
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    r44586 | danieljames | 2008-04-19 16:27:36 +0100 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix broken link to bcpp in bjam docs. Refs #1513
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    r44587 | danieljames | 2008-04-19 16:33:58 +0100 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    DateTime documentation - Fix a link to the serialization library. Refs #1659
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    r44588 | danieljames | 2008-04-19 16:35:36 +0100 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix some links in interprocess & intrusive. Refs #1661
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    r44589 | danieljames | 2008-04-19 16:37:39 +0100 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix some links in the python docs. Refs #1684.
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    r44590 | danieljames | 2008-04-19 16:38:29 +0100 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Work around a quickbook bug which is affecting the python docs. Refs #1684.
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    r44591 | danieljames | 2008-04-19 16:39:34 +0100 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix a broken link in the numeric conversion docs. Refs #1685
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    r44592 | danieljames | 2008-04-19 16:40:45 +0100 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix some links in the optional docs. Refs #1687
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    r44593 | danieljames | 2008-04-19 16:42:09 +0100 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix link to the hash documentation from bimap. Refs #1690
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    r44599 | danieljames | 2008-04-19 18:07:33 +0100 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix a typo in the format library. Refs #1801
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    r44600 | danieljames | 2008-04-19 19:20:59 +0100 (Sat, 19 Apr 2008) | 1 line
    
    Initialise svnmerge.
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    r44641 | danieljames | 2008-04-20 18:59:47 +0100 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix the lincense url in shared container iterator documentation.
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    r44642 | danieljames | 2008-04-20 19:00:00 +0100 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix image link in the mpi documentation.
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    r44643 | danieljames | 2008-04-20 19:00:11 +0100 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix a typo in the spirit docs.
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    r44644 | danieljames | 2008-04-20 19:00:23 +0100 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Escape the slash so that quickbook doesn't think it the start of an italic section, and mess up the link. Refs #1844
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    r44647 | danieljames | 2008-04-20 19:39:47 +0100 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
    
    Fix another typo in spirit docs.
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  r44812 | djowel | 2008-04-27 01:41:13 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  added grammar_class
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  r44813 | djowel | 2008-04-27 01:41:47 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  added grammar_class test
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  r44814 | djowel | 2008-04-27 01:44:38 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  tweak grammar_class test
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  r44815 | djowel | 2008-04-27 02:11:33 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  tweak grammar_class test
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  r44816 | djowel | 2008-04-27 02:11:49 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  tweak grammar_class
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  r44818 | igaztanaga | 2008-04-27 07:57:11 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 13 lines
  
  Intrusive:
  
  *  Added `linear<>` and `cache_last<>` options to singly linked lists.
  *  Added `optimize_multikey<>` option to unordered container hooks.
  *  Optimized unordered containers when `store_hash` option is used in the hook.
  *  Implementation changed to be exception agnostic so that it can be used
     in environments without exceptions.
  *  Added `container_from_iterator` function to tree-based containers.
  
  Interprocess:
  
  *  Added anonymous shared memory for UNIX systems.
  *  Fixed file lock compilation errors
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  r44819 | igaztanaga | 2008-04-27 08:03:06 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 13 lines
  
  Intrusive:
  
  *  Added `linear<>` and `cache_last<>` options to singly linked lists.
  *  Added `optimize_multikey<>` option to unordered container hooks.
  *  Optimized unordered containers when `store_hash` option is used in the hook.
  *  Implementation changed to be exception agnostic so that it can be used
     in environments without exceptions.
  *  Added `container_from_iterator` function to tree-based containers.
  
  Interprocess:
  
  *  Added anonymous shared memory for UNIX systems.
  *  Fixed file lock compilation errors
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  r44820 | hkaiser | 2008-04-27 11:09:29 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Lex: introduced workaround for Intel compilers <= V9.1
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  r44821 | hkaiser | 2008-04-27 11:11:17 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Qi: Made it clear for gcc 4.3 which ref() to use.
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  r44822 | hkaiser | 2008-04-27 11:14:49 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Lex: Fixed a gcc 4.3 warning 
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  r44823 | hkaiser | 2008-04-27 11:28:04 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Lex: Fixed a gcc 4.3 warning 
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  r44824 | hkaiser | 2008-04-27 11:37:41 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Lex: Fixed a gcc 4.3 warning (again, sigh)
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  r44825 | niels_dekker | 2008-04-27 14:07:10 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Added forward declaration of optional<T>'s boost::swap overload, as mentioned at http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/174350 "Re: [optional] problems with swap()"
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  r44826 | niels_dekker | 2008-04-27 14:09:50 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Replaced "using std::swap" by "using boost::swap" within optional::swap member function, hoping to fix GCC test failures, as mentioned at http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/174350 "Re: [optional] problems with swap()"
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  r44831 | djowel | 2008-04-27 18:07:52 -0700 (Sun, 27 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  tweaks
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  r44837 | daniel_frey | 2008-04-28 00:17:11 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Improved sp_deleter_wrapper implementation
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  r44838 | anthonyw | 2008-04-28 02:00:58 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Added detail::try_lock_wrapper for use as scoped_try_lock typedefs, to fix issue #1873
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  r44839 | anthonyw | 2008-04-28 02:04:40 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  reverted accidental change
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  r44840 | anthonyw | 2008-04-28 02:10:38 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Added entry to breaking changes about default-constructed threads and the current thread: issue #1835
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  r44842 | johnmaddock | 2008-04-28 04:07:14 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Fixes for issue #1871 that prevents duplicate symbol errors with VC++ compilers, when building with /Zc:wchar_t-.
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  r44843 | djowel | 2008-04-28 04:15:13 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  experimental grammar/grammar_def unification
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  r44844 | djowel | 2008-04-28 04:16:29 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  experimental grammar/grammar_def unification
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  r44845 | djowel | 2008-04-28 04:17:09 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  calc2 generating an AST
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  r44846 | anthonyw | 2008-04-28 05:26:27 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Updated locks.hpp to work with gcc as well as msvc
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  r44847 | hkaiser | 2008-04-28 06:33:15 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Lex: fixed workaround for Intel compilers <= V9.1
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  r44848 | chris_kohlhoff | 2008-04-28 06:35:27 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
  
  Update asio version number.
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  r44849 | chris_kohlhoff | 2008-04-28 06:36:18 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
  
  Add raw socket support.
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  r44850 | hkaiser | 2008-04-28 06:44:40 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Qi: Added a missing 'using namespace'.
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  r44851 | chris_kohlhoff | 2008-04-28 06:56:07 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 2 lines
  
  Add an experimental two-lock queue implementation for task_io_service.
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  r44852 | dgregor | 2008-04-28 07:11:46 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Improve documentation on the size/efficiency of boost::function objects
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  r44853 | hkaiser | 2008-04-28 07:34:02 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  Spirit.Qi: calc2_ast: fixed a wrong include statement
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  r44857 | eric_niebler | 2008-04-28 09:46:33 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2008) | 1 line
  
  add missing #include
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  - fix and close #1829
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  Merge in support for equality operators for the unordered containers and
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# Add a variable to hold the headers for the library
set (lib_headers
optional.hpp
optional
)
# Add a library target to the build system
boost_library_project(
optional
# SRCDIRS
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optional
========
A library for representing optional (nullable) objects in C++.
```cpp
optional<int> readInt(); // this function may return either an int or a not-an-int
if (optional<int> oi = readInt()) // did I get a real int
cout << "my int is: " << *oi; // use my int
else
cout << "I have no int";
```
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[library Boost.Optional
[quickbook 1.4]
[authors [Cacciola Carballal, Fernando Luis]]
[copyright 2003-2007 Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal]
[copyright 2014 Andrzej Krzemie&#324;ski]
[category miscellaneous]
[id optional]
[dirname optional]
[purpose
Discriminated-union wrapper for optional values
]
[source-mode c++]
[license
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
[@http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt])
]
]
[/ Macros will be used for links so we have a central place to change them ]
[/ Cited Boost resources ]
[def __BOOST_VARIANT__ [@../../../variant/index.html Boost.Variant]]
[def __BOOST_TUPLE__ [@../../../tuple/index.html Boost.Tuple]]
[def __BOOST_TRIBOOL__ [@../../../../doc/html/tribool.html boost::tribool]]
[def __OPTIONAL_POINTEE__ [@../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html `OptionalPointee`]]
[def __COPY_CONSTRUCTIBLE__ [@../../../utility/CopyConstructible.html `CopyConstructible`]]
[def __MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE__ `MoveConstructible`]
[def __FUNCTION_EQUAL_POINTEES__ [@../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html#equal `equal_pointees()`]]
[def __FUNCTION_LESS_POINTEES__ [@../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html#less `less_pointees()`]]
[def __IN_PLACE_FACTORY_HPP__ [@../../../../boost/utility/in_place_factory.hpp in_place_factory.hpp]]
[def __TYPED_IN_PLACE_FACTORY_HPP__ [@../../../../boost/utility/typed_in_place_factory.hpp typed_in_place_factory.hpp]]
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[def __SGI_LESS_THAN_COMPARABLE__ [@http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/LessThanComparable.html `LessThanComparable`]]
[def __SGI_EQUALITY_COMPARABLE__ [@http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/EqualityComparable.html `EqualityComparable`]]
[def __SGI_GENERATOR__ [@http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/Generator.html `Generator`]]
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[section Introduction]
Class template `optional` is a wrapper for representing 'optional' (or 'nullable') objects who may not (yet) contain a valid value. Optional objects offer full value semantics; they are good for passing by value and usage inside STL containers. This is a header-only library.
[heading Problem]
Suppose we want to read a parameter form a config file which represents some integral value, let's call it `"MaxValue"`. It is possible that this parameter is not specified; such situation is no error. It is valid to not specify the parameter and in that case the program is supposed to behave slightly different. Also suppose that any possible value of type `int` is a valid value for `"MaxValue"`, so we cannot jut use `-1` to represent the absence of the parameter in the config file.
[heading Solution]
This is how you solve it with `boost::optional`:
#include <boost/optional.hpp>
boost::optional<int> getConfigParam(std::string name); // return either an int or a `not-an-int`
int main()
{
if (boost::optional<int> oi = getConfigParam("MaxValue")) // did I get a real int?
runWithMax(*oi); // use my int
else
runWithNoMax();
}
[endsect]
[include 01_quick_start.qbk]
[section Tutorial]
[include 10_motivation.qbk]
[include 11_development.qbk]
[include 12_when_to_use.qbk]
[include 13_relational_operators.qbk]
[include 14_optional_references.qbk]
[include 15_in_place_factories.qbk]
[include 16_optional_bool.qbk]
[include 17_exception_safety.qbk]
[include 18_type_requirements.qbk]
[endsect]
[section Reference]
[include 20_reference.qbk]
[endsect]
[include 90_dependencies.qbk]
[include 91_acknowledgments.qbk]

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[/
Boost.Optional
Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal
Copyright (c) 2014 Andrzej Krzemienski
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
]
[section Quick Start]
[section Optional return values]
Let's write and use a converter function that converts an a `std::string` to an `int`. It is possible that for a given string (e.g. `"cat"`) there exist no value of type `int` capable of representing the conversion result. We do not consider such situation an error. We expect that the converter can be used only to check if the conversion is possible. A natural signature for this function can be:
#include <boost/optional.hpp>
boost::optional<int> convert(const std::string& text);
All necessary functionality can be included with one header `<boost/optional.hpp>`. The above function signature means that the function can either return a value of type `int` or a flag indicating that no value of `int` is available. This does not indicate an error. It is like one additional value of `int`. This is how we can use our function:
const std::string& text = /*... */;
boost::optional<int> oi = convert(text); // move-construct
if (oi) // contextual conversion to bool
int i = *oi; // operator*
In order to test if `optional` contains a value, we use the contextual conversion to type `bool`. Because of this we can combine the initialization of the optional object and the test into one instruction:
if (boost::optional<int> oi = convert(text))
int i = *oi;
We extract the contained value with `operator*` (and with `operator->` where it makes sense). An attempt to extract the contained value of an uninitialized optional object is an ['undefined behaviour] (UB). This implementation guards the call with `BOOST_ASSERT`. Therefore you should be sure that the contained value is there before extracting. For instance, the following code is reasonably UB-safe:
int i = *convert("100");
This is because we know that string value `"100"` converts to a valid value of `int`. If you do not like this potential UB, you can use an alternative way of extracting the contained value:
try {
int j = convert(text).value();
}
catch (const boost::bad_optional_access&) {
// deal with it
}
This version throws an exception upon an attempt to access a non-existent contained value. If your way of dealing with the missing value is to use some default, like `0`, there exists a yet another alternative:
int k = convert(text).value_or(0);
This uses the `atoi`-like approach to conversions: if `text` does not represent an integral number just return `0`. Finally, you can provide a callback to be called when trying to access the contained value fails:
int fallback_to_default()
{
cerr << "could not convert; using -1 instead" << endl;
return -1;
}
int l = convert(text).value_or_eval(fallback_to_default);
This will call the provided callback and return whatever the callback returns. The callback can have side effects: they will only be observed when the optional object does not contain a value.
Now, let's consider how function `convert` can be implemented.
boost::optional<int> convert(const std::string& text)
{
std::stringstream s(text);
int i;
if ((s >> i) && s.get() == std::char_traits<char>::eof())
return i;
else
return boost::none;
}
Observe the two return statements. `return i` uses the converting constructor that can create `optional<T>` from `T`. Thus constructed optional object is initialized and its value is a copy of `i`. The other return statement uses another converting constructor from a special tag `boost::none`. It is used to indicate that we want to create an uninitialized optional object.
[endsect]
[section Optional automatic variables]
We could write function `convert` in a slightly different manner, so that it has a single `return`-statement:
boost::optional<int> convert(const std::string& text)
{
boost::optional<int> ans;
std::stringstream s(text);
int i;
if ((s >> i) && s.get() == std::char_traits<char>::eof())
ans = i;
return ans;
}
The default constructor of `optional` creates an unitialized optional object. Unlike with `int`s you cannot have an `optional<int>` in an indeterminate state. Its state is always well defined. Instruction `ans = i` initializes the optional object. It uses the assignment from `int`. In general, for `optional<T>`, when an assignment from `T` is invoked, it can do two things. If the optional object is not initialized our case here), it initializes it with `T`'s copy constructor. If the optional object is already initialized, it assigns the new value to it using `T`'s copy assignment.
[endsect]
[section Optional data members]
Suppose we want to implement a ['lazy load] optimization. This is because we do not want to perform an expensive initialization of our `Resource` until (if at all) it is really used. We can do it this way:
class Widget
{
mutable boost::optional<const Resource> resource_;
public:
Widget() {}
const Resource& getResource() const // not thread-safe
{
if (resource_ == boost::none)
resource_.emplace("resource", "arguments");
return *resource_;
}
};
`optional`'s default constructor creates an uninitialized optional. No call to `Resource`'s default constructor is attempted. `Resource` doesn't have to be __SGI_DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTIBLE__. In function `getResource` we first check if `resource_` is initialized. This time we do not use the contextual conversion to `bool`, but a comparison with `boost::none`. These two ways are equivalent. Function `emplace` initializes the optional in-place by perfect-forwarding the arguments to the constructor of `Resource`. No copy- or move-construction is involved here. `Resource` doesn't even have to be `MoveConstructible`.
[note Function `emplace` is only available on compilers that support rvalue references and variadic templates. If your compiler does not support these features and you still need to avoid any move-constructions, use [link boost_optional.tutorial.in_place_factories In-Place Factories].]
[endsect]
[section Bypassing unnecessary default construction]
Suppose we have class `Date`, which does not have a default constructor: there is no good candidate for a default date. We have a function that returns two dates in form of a `boost::tuple`:
boost::tuple<Date, Date> getPeriod();
In other place we want to use the result of `getPeriod`, but want the two dates to be named: `begin` and `end`. We want to implement something like 'multiple return values':
Date begin, end; // Error: no default ctor!
boost::tie(begin, end) = getPeriod();
The second line works already, this is the capability of __BOOST_TUPLE__ library, but the first line won't work. We could set some invented initial dates, but it is confusing and may be an unacceptable cost, given that these values will be overwritten in the next line anyway. This is where `optional` can help:
boost::optional<Date> begin, end;
boost::tie(begin, end) = getPeriod();
It works because inside `boost::tie` a move-assignment from `T` is invoked on `optional<T>`, which internally calls a move-constructor of `T`.
[endsect]
[section Storage in containers]
Suppose you want to ask users to choose some number (an `int`). One of the valid responses is to choose nothing, which is represented by an uninitialized `optional<int>`. You want to make a histogram showing how many times each choice was made. You can use an `std::map`:
std::map<boost::optional<int>, int> choices;
for (int i = 0; i < LIMIT; ++i) {
boost::optional<int> choice = readChoice();
++choices[choice];
}
This works because `optional<T>` is __SGI_LESS_THAN_COMPARABLE__ whenever `T` is __SGI_LESS_THAN_COMPARABLE__. In this case the state of being uninitialized is treated as a yet another value of `T`, which is compared less than any value of `T`.
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[section When to use Optional]
It is recommended to use `optional<T>` in situations where there is exactly one, clear (to all parties) reason for having no value of type `T`, and where the lack of value is as natural as having any regular value of `T`. One example of such situation is asking the user in some GUI form to optionally specify some limit on an `int` value, but the user is allowed to say 'I want the number not to be constrained by the maximum'.
For another example, consider a config parameter specifying how many threads the application should launch. Leaving this parameter unspecified means that the application should decide itself. For yet another example, consider a function returning the index of the smallest element in a `vector`. We need to be prepared for the situation, where the `vector` is empty. Therefore a natural signature for such function would be:
template <typename T>
optional<size_t> find_smallest_elem(const std::vector<T>& vec);
Here, having received an empty `vec` and having no `size_t` to return is not a ['failure] but a ['normal], albeit irregular, situation.
Another typical situation is to indicate that we do not have a value yet, but we expect to have it later. This notion can be used in implementing solutions like lazy initialization or a two-phase initialization.
`optional` can be used to take a non-__SGI_DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTIBLE__ type `T` and create a sibling type with a default constructor. This is a way to add a ['null-state] to any type that doesn't have it already.
Sometimes type `T` already provides a built-in null-state, but it may still be useful to wrap it into `optional`. Consider `std::string`. When you read a piece of text from a GUI form or a DB table, it is hardly ever that the empty string indicates anything else but a missing text. And some data bases do not even distinguish between a null string entry and a non-null string of length 0. Still, it may be practical to use `optional<string>` to indicate in the returned type that we want to treat the empty string in a special dedicated program path:
if(boost::optional<std::string> name = ask_user_name()) {
assert(*name != "");
logon_as(*name);
}
else {
skip_logon();
}
In the example above, the assertion indicates that if we choose to use this technique, we must translate the empty string state to an optional object with no contained value (inside function `ask_user_name`).
[heading Not recommended usages]
It is not recommended to use `optional` to indicate that we were not able to compute a value because of a ['failure]. It is difficult to define what a failure is, but it usually has one common characteristic: an associated information on the cause of the failure. This can be the type and member data of an exception object, or an error code. It is a bad design to signal a failure and not inform about the cause. If you do not want to use exceptions, and do not like the fact that by returning error codes you cannot return the computed value, you can use [@https://github.com/ptal/Boost.Expected Expected] library. It is sort of __BOOST_VARIANT__ that contains either a computed value or a reason why the computation failed.
Sometimes the distinction into what is a failure and what is a valid but irregular result is blurry and depends on a particular usage and personal preference. Consider a function that converts a `string` to an `int`. Is it a failure that you cannot convert? It might in some cases, but in other you may call it exactly for the purpose of figuring out if a given `string` is convertible, and you are not even interested in the resulting value. Sometimes when a conversion fails you may not consider it a failure, but you need to know why it cannot be converted; for instance at which character it is determined that the conversion is impossible. In this case returning `optional<T>` will not suffice. Finally, there is a use case where an input string that does not represent an `int` is not a failure condition, but during the conversion we use resources whose acquisition may fail. In that case the natural representation is to both return `optional<int>` and signal failure:
optional<int> convert1(const string& str); // throws
expected<ErrorT, optional<int>> convert2(const string& str); // return either optional or error
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[section Relational operators]
Type `optional<T>` is __SGI_EQUALITY_COMPARABLE__ whenever `T` is __SGI_EQUALITY_COMPARABLE__. Two optional objects containing a value compare in the same as their contained values. The uninitialized state of `optional<T>` is treated as a distinct value, equal to itself, and unequal to any value of type `T`:
boost::optional<int> oN = boost::none;
boost::optional<int> o0 = 0;
boost::optional<int> o1 = 1;
assert(oN != o0);
assert(o1 != oN);
assert(o2 != o1);
assert(oN == oN);
assert(o0 == o0);
The converting constructor from `T` as well as from `boost::none` implies the existence and semantics of the mixed comparison between `T` and `optional<T>` as well as between `none_t` and `optionl<T>`:
assert(oN != 0);
assert(o1 != boost::none);
assert(o2 != 1);
assert(oN == boost::none);
assert(o0 == 0);
This mixed comparison has a practical interpretation, which is occasionally useful:
boost::optional<int> choice = ask_user();
if (choice == 2)
start_procedure_2();
In the above example, the meaning of the comparison is 'user chose number 2'. If user chose nothing, he didn't choose number 2.
In case where `optional<T>` is compared to `none`, it is not required that `T` be __SGI_EQUALITY_COMPARABLE__.
In a similar manner, type `optional<T>` is __SGI_LESS_THAN_COMPARABLE__ whenever `T` is __SGI_LESS_THAN_COMPARABLE__. The optional object containing no value is compared less than any value of `T`. To illustrate this, if the default ordering of `size_t` is {`0`, `1`, `2`, ...}, the default ordering of `optional<size_t>` is {`boost::none`, `0`, `1`, `2`, ...}. This order does not have a practical interpretation. The goal is to have any semantically correct default ordering in order for `optional<T>` to be usable in ordered associative containers (wherever `T` is usable).
Mixed relational operators are the only case where the contained value of an optional object can be inspected without the usage of value accessing function (`operator*`, `value`, `value_or`).
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[section Optional references]
This library allows the template parameter `T` to be of reference type:
`T&`, and to some extent, `T const&`.
However, since references are not real objects some restrictions apply and
some operations are not available in this case:
* Converting constructors
* Converting assignment
* InPlace construction
* InPlace assignment
* Value-access via pointer
Also, even though `optional<T&>` treats it wrapped pseudo-object much as
a real value, a true real reference is stored so aliasing will ocurr:
* Copies of `optional<T&>` will copy the references but all these references
will nonetheless refer to the same object.
* Value-access will actually provide access to the referenced object
rather than the reference itself.
[warning On compilers that do not conform to Standard C++ rules of reference binding, operations on optional references might give adverse results: rather than binding a reference to a designated object they may create an unexpected temporary and bind to it. For more details see [link boost_optional.dependencies_and_portability.optional_reference_binding Dependencies and Portability section].]
[heading Rvalue references]
Rvalue references and lvalue references to const have the ability in C++ to extend the life time of a temporary they bind to. Optional references do not have this capability, therefore to avoid surprising effects it is not possible to initialize an optional references from a temporary. Optional rvalue references are disabled altogether. Also, the initialization and assignment of an optional reference to const from rvalue reference is disabled.
const int& i = 1; // legal
optional<const int&> oi = 1; // illegal
[endsect]
[section Rebinding semantics for assignment of optional references]
If you assign to an ['uninitialized ] `optional<T&>` the effect is to bind (for
the first time) to the object. Clearly, there is no other choice.
int x = 1 ;
int& rx = x ;
optional<int&> ora ;
optional<int&> orb(x) ;
ora = orb ; // now 'ora' is bound to 'x' through 'rx'
*ora = 2 ; // Changes value of 'x' through 'ora'
assert(x==2);
If you assign to a bare C++ reference, the assignment is forwarded to the
referenced object; its value changes but the reference is never rebound.
int a = 1 ;
int& ra = a ;
int b = 2 ;
int& rb = b ;
ra = rb ; // Changes the value of 'a' to 'b'
assert(a==b);
b = 3 ;
assert(ra!=b); // 'ra' is not rebound to 'b'
Now, if you assign to an ['initialized ] `optional<T&>`, the effect is to
[*rebind] to the new object instead of assigning the referee. This is unlike
bare C++ references.
int a = 1 ;
int b = 2 ;
int& ra = a ;
int& rb = b ;
optional<int&> ora(ra) ;
optional<int&> orb(rb) ;
ora = orb ; // 'ora' is rebound to 'b'
*ora = 3 ; // Changes value of 'b' (not 'a')
assert(a==1);
assert(b==3);
[heading Rationale]
Rebinding semantics for the assignment of ['initialized ] `optional` references has
been chosen to provide [*consistency among initialization states] even at the
expense of lack of consistency with the semantics of bare C++ references.
It is true that `optional<U>` strives to behave as much as possible as `U`
does whenever it is initialized; but in the case when `U` is `T&`, doing so would
result in inconsistent behavior w.r.t to the lvalue initialization state.
Imagine `optional<T&>` forwarding assignment to the referenced object (thus
changing the referenced object value but not rebinding), and consider the
following code:
optional<int&> a = get();
int x = 1 ;
int& rx = x ;
optional<int&> b(rx);
a = b ;
What does the assignment do?
If `a` is ['uninitialized], the answer is clear: it binds to `x` (we now have
another reference to `x`).
But what if `a` is already ['initialized]? it would change the value of the
referenced object (whatever that is); which is inconsistent with the other
possible case.
If `optional<T&>` would assign just like `T&` does, you would never be able to
use Optional's assignment without explicitly handling the previous
initialization state unless your code is capable of functioning whether
after the assignment, `a` aliases the same object as `b` or not.
That is, you would have to discriminate in order to be consistent.
If in your code rebinding to another object is not an option, then it is very
likely that binding for the first time isn't either. In such case, assignment
to an ['uninitialized ] `optional<T&>` shall be prohibited. It is quite possible
that in such a scenario it is a precondition that the lvalue must be already
initialized. If it isn't, then binding for the first time is OK
while rebinding is not which is IMO very unlikely.
In such a scenario, you can assign the value itself directly, as in:
assert(!!opt);
*opt=value;
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[section In-Place Factories]
One of the typical problems with wrappers and containers is that their
interfaces usually provide an operation to initialize or assign the
contained object as a copy of some other object. This not only requires the
underlying type to be __COPY_CONSTRUCTIBLE__, but also requires the existence of
a fully constructed object, often temporary, just to follow the copy from:
struct X
{
X ( int, std::string ) ;
} ;
class W
{
X wrapped_ ;
public:
W ( X const& x ) : wrapped_(x) {}
} ;
void foo()
{
// Temporary object created.
W ( X(123,"hello") ) ;
}
A solution to this problem is to support direct construction of the
contained object right in the container's storage.
In this scheme, the user only needs to supply the arguments to the
constructor to use in the wrapped object construction.
class W
{
X wrapped_ ;
public:
W ( X const& x ) : wrapped_(x) {}
W ( int a0, std::string a1) : wrapped_(a0,a1) {}
} ;
void foo()
{
// Wrapped object constructed in-place
// No temporary created.
W (123,"hello") ;
}
A limitation of this method is that it doesn't scale well to wrapped
objects with multiple constructors nor to generic code were the constructor
overloads are unknown.
The solution presented in this library is the family of [*InPlaceFactories]
and [*TypedInPlaceFactories].
These factories are a family of classes which encapsulate an increasing
number of arbitrary constructor parameters and supply a method to construct
an object of a given type using those parameters at an address specified by
the user via placement new.
For example, one member of this family looks like:
template<class T,class A0, class A1>
class TypedInPlaceFactory2
{
A0 m_a0 ; A1 m_a1 ;
public:
TypedInPlaceFactory2( A0 const& a0, A1 const& a1 ) : m_a0(a0), m_a1(a1) {}
void construct ( void* p ) { new (p) T(m_a0,m_a1) ; }
} ;
A wrapper class aware of this can use it as:
class W
{
X wrapped_ ;
public:
W ( X const& x ) : wrapped_(x) {}
W ( TypedInPlaceFactory2 const& fac ) { fac.construct(&wrapped_) ; }
} ;
void foo()
{
// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a TypedInPlaceFactory.
// No temporary created.
W ( TypedInPlaceFactory2<X,int,std::string>(123,"hello")) ;
}
The factories are divided in two groups:
* [_TypedInPlaceFactories]: those which take the target type as a primary
template parameter.
* [_InPlaceFactories]: those with a template `construct(void*)` member
function taking the target type.
Within each group, all the family members differ only in the number of
parameters allowed.
This library provides an overloaded set of helper template functions to
construct these factories without requiring unnecessary template parameters:
template<class A0,...,class AN>
InPlaceFactoryN <A0,...,AN> in_place ( A0 const& a0, ..., AN const& aN) ;
template<class T,class A0,...,class AN>
TypedInPlaceFactoryN <T,A0,...,AN> in_place ( T const& a0, A0 const& a0, ..., AN const& aN) ;
In-place factories can be used generically by the wrapper and user as follows:
class W
{
X wrapped_ ;
public:
W ( X const& x ) : wrapped_(x) {}
template< class InPlaceFactory >
W ( InPlaceFactory const& fac ) { fac.template <X>construct(&wrapped_) ; }
} ;
void foo()
{
// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a InPlaceFactory.
// No temporary created.
W ( in_place(123,"hello") ) ;
}
The factories are implemented in the headers: __IN_PLACE_FACTORY_HPP__ and __TYPED_IN_PLACE_FACTORY_HPP__
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[section A note about optional<bool>]
`optional<bool>` should be used with special caution and consideration.
First, it is functionally similar to a tristate boolean (false, maybe, true)
—such as __BOOST_TRIBOOL__— except that in a tristate boolean, the maybe state
[_represents a valid value], unlike the corresponding state of an uninitialized
`optional<bool>`.
It should be carefully considered if an `optional<bool>` instead of a `tribool`
is really needed.
Second, although `optional<>` provides a contextual conversion to `bool` in C++11,
this falls back to an implicit conversion on older compilers. This conversion refers
to the initialization state and not to the contained value. Using `optional<bool>`
can lead to subtle errors due to the implicit `bool` conversion:
void foo ( bool v ) ;
void bar()
{
optional<bool> v = try();
// The following intended to pass the value of 'v' to foo():
foo(v);
// But instead, the initialization state is passed
// due to a typo: it should have been foo(*v).
}
The only implicit conversion is to `bool`, and it is safe in the sense that
typical integral promotions don't apply (i.e. if `foo()` takes an `int`
instead, it won't compile).
Third, mixed comparisons with `bool` work differently than similar mixed comparisons between pointers and `bool`, so the results might surprise you:
optional<bool> oEmpty(none), oTrue(true), oFalse(false);
if (oEmpty == none); // renders true
if (oEmpty == false); // renders false!
if (oEmpty == true); // renders false!
if (oFalse == none); // renders false
if (oFalse == false); // renders true!
if (oFalse == true); // renders false
if (oTrue == none); // renders false
if (oTrue == false); // renders false
if (oTrue == true); // renders true
In other words, for `optional<>`, the following assertion does not hold:
assert((opt == false) == (!opt));
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[section Exception Safety Guarantees]
This library assumes that `T`'s destructor does not throw exceptions. If it does, the behaviour of many operations on `optional<T>` is undefined.
The following mutating operations never throw exceptions:
* `optional<T>::operator= ( none_t ) noexcept`
* `optional<T>::reset() noexcept`
In addition, the following constructors and the destructor never throw exceptions:
* `optional<T>::optional() noexcept`
* `optional<T>::optional( none_t ) noexcept`
Regarding the following assignment functions:
* `optional<T>::operator= ( optional<T> const& )`
* `optional<T>::operator= ( T const& )`
* `template<class U> optional<T>::operator= ( optional<U> const& )`
* `template<class InPlaceFactory> optional<T>::operator= ( InPlaceFactory const& )`
* `template<class TypedInPlaceFactory> optional<T>::operator= ( TypedInPlaceFactory const& ) `
* `optional<T>::reset( T const& )`
They forward calls to the corresponding `T`'s constructors or assignments (depending on whether the optional object is initialized or not); so if both `T`'s constructor and the assignment provide strong exception safety guarantee, `optional<T>`'s assignment also provides strong exception safety guarantee; otherwise we only get the basic guarantee. Additionally, if both involved `T`'s constructor and the assignment never throw, `optional<T>`'s assignment also never throws.
Unless `T`'s constructor or assignment throws, assignments to `optional<T>` do not throw anything else on its own. A throw during assignment never changes the initialization state of any optional object involved:
optional<T> opt1(val1);
optional<T> opt2(val2);
assert(opt1);
assert(opt2);
try
{
opt1 = opt2; // throws
}
catch(...)
{
assert(opt1);
assert(opt2);
}
This also applies to move assignments/constructors. However, move operations are made no-throw more often.
Operation `emplace` provides basic exception safety guarantee. If it throws, the optional object becomes uninitialized regardless of its initial state, and its previous contained value (if any) is destroyed. It doesn't call any assignment or move/copy constructor on `T`.
[heading Swap]
Unless `swap` on optional is customized, its primary implementation forwards calls to `T`'s `swap` or move constructor (depending on the initialization state of the optional objects). Thus, if both `T`'s `swap` and move constructor never throw, `swap` on `optional<T>` never throws. similarly, if both `T`'s `swap` and move constructor offer strong guarantee, `swap` on `optional<T>` also offers a strong guarantee.
In case `swap` on optional is customized, the call to `T`'s move constructor are replaced with the calls to `T`'s default constructor followed by `swap`. (This is more useful on older compilers that do not support move semantics, when one wants to acheive stronger exception safety guarantees.) In this case the exception safety guarantees for `swap` are reliant on the guarantees of `T`'s `swap` and default constructor
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[section Type requirements]
The very minimum requirement of `optional<T>` is that `T` is a complete type and that it has a publicly accessible destructor. `T` doesn't even need to be constructible. You can use a very minimum interface:
optional<T> o; // uninitialized
assert(o == none); // check if initialized
assert(!o); //
o.value(); // always throws
But this is practically useless. In order for `optional<T>` to be able to do anything useful and offer all the spectrum of ways of accessing the contained value, `T` needs to have at least one accessible constructor. In that case you need to initialize the optional object with function `emplace()`, or if your compiler does not support it, resort to [link boost_optional.tutorial.in_place_factories In-Place Factories]:
optional<T> o;
o.emplace("T", "ctor", "params");
If `T` is __MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE__, `optional<T>` is also __MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE__ and can be easily initialized from an rvalue of type `T` and be passed by value:
optional<T> o = make_T();
optional<T> p = optional<T>();
If `T` is __COPY_CONSTRUCTIBLE__, `optional<T>` is also __COPY_CONSTRUCTIBLE__ and can be easily initialized from an lvalue of type `T`:
T v = make_T();
optional<T> o = v;
optional<T> p = o;
If `T` is not `MoveAssignable`, it is still possible to reset the value of `optional<T>` using function `emplace()`:
optional<const T> o = make_T();
o.emplace(make_another_T());
If `T` is `Moveable` (both __MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE__ and `MoveAssignable`) then `optional<T>` is also `Moveable` and additionally can be constructed and assigned from an rvalue of type `T`.
Similarly, if `T` is `Copyable` (both __COPY_CONSTRUCTIBLE__ and `CopyAssignable`) then `optional<T>` is also `Copyable` and additionally can be constructed and assigned from an lvalue of type `T`.
`T` ['is not] required to be __SGI_DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTIBLE__.
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[/
Boost.Optional
Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
]
[section Dependencies and Portability]
[section Dependencies]
The implementation uses the following other Boost modules:
# assert
# config
# core
# detail
# move
# mpl
# static_assert
# throw_exception
# type_traits
# utility
[endsect]
[section Optional Reference Binding]
On compilers that do not conform to Standard C++ rules of reference binding, operations on optional references might give adverse results: rather than binding a reference to a designated object they may create an unexpected temporary and bind to it. Compilers known to have these deficiencies include GCC versions 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5; QCC 4.4.2; MSVC versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0. On these compilers prefer using direct-initialization and copy assignment of optional references to copy-initialization and assignment from `T&`:
const int i = 0;
optional<const int&> or1;
optional<const int&> or2 = i; // not portable
or1 = i; // not portable
optional<const int&> or3(i); // portable
or1 = optional<const int&>(i); // portable
In order to check if your compiler correctly implements reference binding use this test program.
#include <cassert>
const int global_i = 0;
struct TestingReferenceBinding
{
TestingReferenceBinding(const int& ii)
{
assert(&ii == &global_i);
}
void operator=(const int& ii)
{
assert(&ii == &global_i);
}
void operator=(int&&) // remove this if your compiler doesn't have rvalue refs
{
assert(false);
}
};
int main()
{
const int& iref = global_i;
assert(&iref == &global_i);
TestingReferenceBinding ttt = global_i;
ttt = global_i;
TestingReferenceBinding ttt2 = iref;
ttt2 = iref;
}
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# Quickbook
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
using boostbook ;
import quickbook ;
path-constant images : html ;
xml optional
:
00_optional.qbk
optional.qbk
;
boostbook standalone
:
optional
:
<format>html:<xsl:param>boost.root=../../../..
<format>html:<xsl:param>boost.libraries=../../../../libs/libraries.htm
<xsl:param>chapter.autolabel=0
<xsl:param>chunk.section.depth=8
<xsl:param>toc.section.depth=2
<xsl:param>boost.root=../../../..
<xsl:param>boost.libraries=../../../libraries.htm
<xsl:param>toc.max.depth=2
<xsl:param>generate.section.toc.level=1
<format>pdf:<xsl:param>img.src.path=$(images)/
<format>pdf:<xsl:param>boost.url.prefix=http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/optional/doc/html
<format>docbook:<auto-index-internal>on
<xsl:param>toc.section.depth=2
<xsl:param>chunk.section.depth=1
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]
[section Acknowledgements]
[section Acknowledgments]
[heading Pre-formal review]
@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ Rob Stewart, and others.
with the proper semantics.
* Mat Marcus shown the virtues of a value-oriented interface, influencing
the current design, and contributed the idea of "none".
* Vladimir Batov's design of Boost.Convert library motivated the development
of value accessors for `optional`: functions `value`, `value_or`, `value_or_eval`.
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[/
Boost.Optional
Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
]
[section Dependencies and Portability]
The implementation uses `type_traits/alignment_of.hpp` and
`type_traits/type_with_alignment.hpp`
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[/
[/
Boost.Optional
Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal
@ -8,18 +8,18 @@
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
]
[section Design Overview]
[section Development]
[section The models]
In C++, we can ['declare] an object (a variable) of type `T`, and we can give this
variable an ['initial value] (through an ['initializer]. (cf. 8.5)).
variable an ['initial value] (through an ['initializer]. (c.f. 8.5)).
When a declaration includes a non-empty initializer (an initial value is given),
it is said that the object has been initialized.
If the declaration uses an empty initializer (no initial value is given), and
neither default nor value initialization applies, it is said that the object is
[*uninitialized]. Its actual value exist but has an ['indeterminate initial value]
(cf. 8.5/11).
(c.f. 8.5.9).
`optional<T>` intends to formalize the notion of initialization (or lack of it)
allowing a program to test whether an object has been initialized and stating
that access to the value of an uninitialized object is undefined behavior. That
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ additional information to tell if an object has been effectively initialized.
One of the typical ways in which this has been historically dealt with is via
a special value: `EOF`, `npos`, -1, etc... This is equivalent to adding the
special value to the set of possible values of a given type. This super set of
`T` plus some ['nil_t]—where `nil_t` is some stateless PODcan be modeled in modern
`T` plus some ['nil_t]—were `nil_t` is some stateless POD-can be modeled in modern
languages as a [*discriminated union] of T and nil_t. Discriminated unions are
often called ['variants]. A variant has a ['current type], which in our case is either
`T` or `nil_t`.
@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The observation made in the last paragraph about the irrelevant nature of the
additional `nil_t` with respect to [_purpose] of `optional<T>` suggests an
alternative model: a ['container] that either has a value of `T` or nothing.
As of this writing I don't know of any precedent for a variable-size
As of this writing I don't know of any precedence for a variable-size
fixed-capacity (of 1) stack-based container model for optional values, yet I
believe this is the consequence of the lack of practical implementations of
such a container rather than an inherent shortcoming of the container model.
@ -176,14 +176,14 @@ untitialized optional objects: The operators * and ->]
A relevant feature of a pointer is that it can have a [*null pointer value].
This is a ['special] value which is used to indicate that the pointer is not
referring to any object at all. In other words, null pointer values convey
the notion of nonexistent objects.
the notion of inexistent objects.
This meaning of the null pointer value allowed pointers to became a ['de
facto] standard for handling optional objects because all you have to do
to refer to a value which you don't really have is to use a null pointer
value of the appropriate type. Pointers have been used for decades—from
the days of C APIs to modern C++ libraries—to ['refer] to optional (that is,
possibly nonexistent) objects; particularly as optional arguments to a
possibly inexistent) objects; particularly as optional arguments to a
function, but also quite often as optional data members.
The possible presence of a null pointer value makes the operations that
@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ be undefined unless the implied pointee actually exist.
Such a ['de facto] idiom for referring to optional objects can be formalized
in the form of a concept: the __OPTIONAL_POINTEE__ concept.
This concept captures the syntactic usage of operators `*`, `->` and
contextual conversion to `bool` to convey the notion of optionality.
conversion to `bool` to convey the notion of optionality.
However, pointers are good to [_refer] to optional objects, but not particularly
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Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
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http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
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[section Examples]
[section Optional return values]
optional<char> get_async_input()
{
if ( !queue.empty() )
return optional<char>(queue.top());
else return optional<char>(); // uninitialized
}
void receive_async_message()
{
optional<char> rcv ;
// The safe boolean conversion from 'rcv' is used here.
while ( (rcv = get_async_input()) && !timeout() )
output(*rcv);
}
[endsect]
[section Optional local variables]
optional<string> name ;
if ( database.open() )
{
name.reset ( database.lookup(employer_name) ) ;
}
else
{
if ( can_ask_user )
name.reset ( user.ask(employer_name) ) ;
}
if ( name )
print(*name);
else print("employer's name not found!");
[endsect]
[section Optional data members]
class figure
{
public:
figure()
{
// data member 'm_clipping_rect' is uninitialized at this point.
}
void clip_in_rect ( rect const& rect )
{
....
m_clipping_rect.reset ( rect ) ; // initialized here.
}
void draw ( canvas& cvs )
{
if ( m_clipping_rect )
do_clipping(*m_clipping_rect);
cvs.drawXXX(..);
}
// this can return NULL.
rect const* get_clipping_rect() { return get_pointer(m_clipping_rect); }
private :
optional<rect> m_clipping_rect ;
};
[endsect]
[section Bypassing expensive unnecessary default construction]
class ExpensiveCtor { ... } ;
class Fred
{
Fred() : mLargeVector(10000) {}
std::vector< optional<ExpensiveCtor> > mLargeVector ;
} ;
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@ -32,8 +35,8 @@
be used with special caution and consideration.
</p>
<p>
First, it is functionally similar to a tristate boolean (false, maybe, true)
&#8212;such as <a href="../../../../../doc/html/tribool.html" target="_top">boost::tribool</a>&#8212;
First, it is functionally similar to a tristate boolean (false,maybe,true)
&#8212;such as <a href="../../../../tribool/index.html" target="_top">boost::tribool</a>&#8212;
except that in a tristate boolean, the maybe state <span class="underline">represents
a valid value</span>, unlike the corresponding state of an uninitialized
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>. It
@ -42,24 +45,24 @@
needed.
</p>
<p>
Second, although <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>
provides a contextual conversion to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
in C++11, this falls back to an implicit conversion on older compilers. This
conversion refers to the initialization state and not to the contained value.
Using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> can
Second, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>
provides an implicit conversion to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>.
This conversion refers to the initialization state and not to the contained
value. Using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> can
lead to subtle errors due to the implicit <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
conversion:
</p>
<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>
<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>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">bar</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">try</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="comment">// The following intended to pass the value of 'v' to foo():</span>
<span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="comment">// But instead, the initialization state is passed</span>
<span class="comment">// due to a typo: it should have been foo(*v).</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="comment">// The following intended to pass the value of 'v' to foo():
</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="comment">// But instead, the initialization state is passed
</span> <span class="comment">// due to a typo: it should have been foo(*v).
</span><span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
The only implicit conversion is to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>,
@ -68,33 +71,10 @@
takes an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code> instead, it won't
compile).
</p>
<p>
Third, mixed comparisons with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
work differently than similar mixed comparisons between pointers and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>, so the results might surprise you:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
</pre>
<p>
In other words, for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>, the following assertion does not hold:
</p>
<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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Peter Dimov suggested the name 'optional', and was the first to point out
the need for aligned storage.
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Douglas Gregor developed 'type_with_alignment', and later Eric Friedman
coded 'aligned_storage', which are the core of the optional class implementation.
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Andrei Alexandrescu and Brian Parker also worked with aligned storage techniques
and their work influenced the current implementation.
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Gennadiy Rozental made extensive and important comments which shaped the
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Vesa Karvonen and Douglas Gregor made quite useful comparisons between
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Douglas Gregor and Peter Dimov commented on comparisons and evaluation
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Many others have participated with useful comments: Aleksey Gurotov, Kevlin
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William Kempf carefully considered the originally proposed interface and
suggested the new interface which is currently used. He also started and
fueled the discussion about the analogy optional&lt;&gt;/smart pointer
and about relational operators.
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Peter Dimov, Joel de Guzman, David Abrahams, Tanton Gibbs and Ian Hanson
focused on the relational semantics of optional (originally undefined);
concluding with the fact that the pointer-like interface doesn't make it
a pointer so it shall have deep relational operators.
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Augustus Saunders also explored the different relational semantics between
optional&lt;&gt; and a pointer and developed the OptionalPointee concept
as an aid against potential conflicts on generic code.
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Joel de Guzman noticed that optional&lt;&gt; can be seen as an API on top
of variant&lt;T,nil_t&gt;.
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Dave Gomboc explained the meaning and usage of the Haskell analog to optional&lt;&gt;:
the Maybe type constructor (analogy originally pointed out by David Sankel).
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Other comments were posted by Vincent Finn, Anthony Williams, Ed Brey,
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Joel de Guzman made the case for the support of references and helped with
the proper semantics.
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Mat Marcus shown the virtues of a value-oriented interface, influencing
the current design, and contributed the idea of "none".
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<li class="listitem">
Vladimir Batov's design of Boost.Convert library motivated the development
of value accessors for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span></code>:
functions <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">value</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">value_or</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">value_or_eval</span></code>.
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fueled the discussion about the analogy optional&lt;&gt;/smart pointer
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</li>
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Augustus Saunders also explored the different relational semantics between
optional&lt;&gt; and a pointer and developed the OptionalPointee concept
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Joel de Guzman noticed that optional&lt;&gt; can be seen as an API on top
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</li>
<li>
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focused on the relational semantics of optional (originally undefined); concluding
with the fact that the pointer-like interface doesn't make it a pointer so
it shall have deep relational operators.
</li>
<li>
Augustus Saunders also explored the different relational semantics between
optional&lt;&gt; and a pointer and developed the OptionalPointee concept
as an aid against potential conflicts on generic code.
</li>
<li>
Joel de Guzman noticed that optional&lt;&gt; can be seen as an API on top
of variant&lt;T,nil_t&gt;.
</li>
<li>
Dave Gomboc explained the meaning and usage of the Haskell analog to optional&lt;&gt;:
the Maybe type constructor (analogy originally pointed out by David Sankel).
</li>
<li>
Other comments were posted by Vincent Finn, Anthony Williams, Ed Brey, Rob
Stewart, and others.
</li>
<li>
Joel de Guzman made the case for the support of references and helped with
the proper semantics.
</li>
<li>
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current design, and contributed the idea of "none".
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On compilers that do not conform to Standard C++ rules of reference binding,
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binding a reference to a designated object they may create an unexpected
temporary and bind to it. Compilers known to have these deficiencies include
GCC versions 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5; QCC 4.4.2; MSVC versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0,
11.0, 12.0. On these compilers prefer using direct-initialization and copy
assignment of optional references to copy-initialization and assignment from
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span></code>:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">or1</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">or2</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// not portable</span>
<span class="identifier">or1</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// not portable</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">or3</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// portable</span>
<span class="identifier">or1</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// portable</span>
</pre>
<p>
In order to check if your compiler correctly implements reference binding
use this test program.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">cassert</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">global_i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">TestingReferenceBinding</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">TestingReferenceBinding</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">ii</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">ii</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">ii</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">ii</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;)</span> <span class="comment">// remove this if your compiler doesn't have rvalue refs</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">false</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">iref</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">iref</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">TestingReferenceBinding</span> <span class="identifier">ttt</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">ttt</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">TestingReferenceBinding</span> <span class="identifier">ttt2</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">iref</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">ttt2</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">iref</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_models">The models</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_semantics">The semantics</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_interface">The Interface</a></span></dt>
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<a name="boost_optional.development.the_models"></a><a class="link" href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_models" title="The models">The models</a>
<a name="boost_optional.development.the_models"></a><a href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_models" title="The models">The models</a>
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<p>
In C++, we can <span class="emphasis"><em>declare</em></span> an object (a variable) of type
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>, and we can give this variable
an <span class="emphasis"><em>initial value</em></span> (through an <span class="emphasis"><em>initializer</em></span>.
(cf. 8.5)). When a declaration includes a non-empty initializer (an initial
(c.f. 8.5)). When a declaration includes a non-empty initializer (an initial
value is given), it is said that the object has been initialized. If the
declaration uses an empty initializer (no initial value is given), and neither
default nor value initialization applies, it is said that the object is
<span class="bold"><strong>uninitialized</strong></span>. Its actual value exist but
has an <span class="emphasis"><em>indeterminate initial value</em></span> (cf. 8.5/11). <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> intends
has an <span class="emphasis"><em>indeterminate initial value</em></span> (c.f. 8.5.9). <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> intends
to formalize the notion of initialization (or lack of it) allowing a program
to test whether an object has been initialized and stating that access to
the value of an uninitialized object is undefined behavior. That is, when
@ -67,12 +67,13 @@
special value: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EOF</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">npos</span></code>, -1, etc... This is equivalent to
adding the special value to the set of possible values of a given type. This
super set of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> plus some
<span class="emphasis"><em>nil_t</em></span>&#8212;where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>
is some stateless POD&#8212;can be modeled in modern languages as a <span class="bold"><strong>discriminated union</strong></span> of T and nil_t. Discriminated
unions are often called <span class="emphasis"><em>variants</em></span>. A variant has a <span class="emphasis"><em>current
type</em></span>, which in our case is either <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>. Using the <a href="../../../../variant/index.html" target="_top">Boost.Variant</a> library, this model
can be implemented in terms of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">variant</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">nil_t</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
<span class="emphasis"><em>nil_t</em></span>&#8212;were <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>
is some stateless POD-can be modeled in modern languages as a <span class="bold"><strong>discriminated
union</strong></span> of T and nil_t. Discriminated unions are often called <span class="emphasis"><em>variants</em></span>.
A variant has a <span class="emphasis"><em>current type</em></span>, which in our case is either
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>.
Using the <a href="../../../../variant/index.html" target="_top">Boost.Variant</a>
library, this model can be implemented in terms of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">variant</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">nil_t</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
There is precedent for a discriminated union as a model for an optional value:
the <a href="http://www.haskell.org/" target="_top">Haskell</a> <span class="bold"><strong>Maybe</strong></span>
built-in type constructor. Thus, a discriminated union <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>
@ -95,7 +96,7 @@
value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> or nothing.
</p>
<p>
As of this writing I don't know of any precedent for a variable-size fixed-capacity
As of this writing I don't know of any precedence for a variable-size fixed-capacity
(of 1) stack-based container model for optional values, yet I believe this
is the consequence of the lack of practical implementations of such a container
rather than an inherent shortcoming of the container model.
@ -109,67 +110,67 @@
<p>
Discriminated-union:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-copy</strong></span> semantics: copies of the variant
implies copies of the value.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-relational</strong></span> semantics: comparisons
between variants matches both current types and values
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the variant's current type is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized</em></span> optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the variant's current type is not <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span> optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Testing if the variant's current type is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
models testing if the optional is initialized
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Trying to extract a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
from a variant when its current type is not <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
models the undefined behavior of trying to access the value of an uninitialized
optional
</li>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-copy</strong></span> semantics: copies of the variant
implies copies of the value.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-relational</strong></span> semantics: comparisons
between variants matches both current types and values
</li>
<li>
If the variant's current type is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized</em></span> optional.
</li>
<li>
If the variant's current type is not <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span> optional.
</li>
<li>
Testing if the variant's current type is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
models testing if the optional is initialized
</li>
<li>
Trying to extract a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> from
a variant when its current type is not <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
models the undefined behavior of trying to access the value of an uninitialized
optional
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Single-element container:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-copy</strong></span> semantics: copies of the container
implies copies of the value.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-relational</strong></span> semantics: comparisons
between containers compare container size and if match, contained value
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the container is not empty (contains an object of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>), it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized</em></span>
optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the container is empty, it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span>
optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Testing if the container is empty models testing if the optional is initialized
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Trying to extract a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
from an empty container models the undefined behavior of trying to access
the value of an uninitialized optional
</li>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-copy</strong></span> semantics: copies of the container
implies copies of the value.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-relational</strong></span> semantics: comparisons
between containers compare container size and if match, contained value
</li>
<li>
If the container is not empty (contains an object of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>), it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized</em></span>
optional.
</li>
<li>
If the container is empty, it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span>
optional.
</li>
<li>
Testing if the container is empty models testing if the optional is initialized
</li>
<li>
Trying to extract a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> from
an empty container models the undefined behavior of trying to access the
value of an uninitialized optional
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="boost_optional.development.the_semantics"></a><a class="link" href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_semantics" title="The semantics">The semantics</a>
<a name="boost_optional.development.the_semantics"></a><a href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_semantics" title="The semantics">The semantics</a>
</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
Objects of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
@ -192,59 +193,58 @@
We can draw from the purpose of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
the required basic semantics:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Default Construction:</strong></span> To introduce a
formally uninitialized wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Construction via copy:</strong></span>
To introduce a formally initialized wrapped object whose value is obtained
as a copy of some object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Deep Copy Construction:</strong></span> To obtain a
new yet equivalent wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Assignment (upon initialized):</strong></span>
To assign a value to the wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Assignment (upon uninitialized):</strong></span>
To initialize the wrapped object with a value obtained as a copy of some
object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Assignment (upon initialized):</strong></span> To assign
to the wrapped object the value of another wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Assignment (upon uninitialized):</strong></span> To
initialize the wrapped object with value of another wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Deep Relational Operations (when supported by the
type T):</strong></span> To compare wrapped object values taking into account
the presence of uninitialized states.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Value access:</strong></span> To unwrap the wrapped
object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Initialization state query:</strong></span> To determine
if the object is formally initialized or not.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Swap:</strong></span> To exchange wrapped objects. (with
whatever exception safety guarantees are provided by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
swap).
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>De-initialization:</strong></span> To release the wrapped
object (if any) and leave the wrapper in the uninitialized state.
</li>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>Default Construction:</strong></span> To introduce a formally
uninitialized wrapped object.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Construction via copy:</strong></span> To
introduce a formally initialized wrapped object whose value is obtained
as a copy of some object.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>Deep Copy Construction:</strong></span> To obtain a new
yet equivalent wrapped object.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Assignment (upon initialized):</strong></span>
To assign a value to the wrapped object.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Assignment (upon uninitialized):</strong></span>
To initialize the wrapped object with a value obtained as a copy of some
object.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>Assignment (upon initialized):</strong></span> To assign
to the wrapped object the value of another wrapped object.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>Assignment (upon uninitialized):</strong></span> To initialize
the wrapped object with value of another wrapped object.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>Deep Relational Operations (when supported by the
type T):</strong></span> To compare wrapped object values taking into account
the presence of uninitialized states.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>Value access:</strong></span> To unwrap the wrapped object.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>Initialization state query:</strong></span> To determine
if the object is formally initialized or not.
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>Swap:</strong></span> To exchange wrapped objects. (with
whatever exception safety guarantees are provided by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
swap).
</li>
<li>
<span class="bold"><strong>De-initialization:</strong></span> To release the wrapped
object (if any) and leave the wrapper in the uninitialized state.
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Additional operations are useful, such as converting constructors and converting
@ -252,9 +252,9 @@
via a pointer to the wrapped object or null.
</p>
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="boost_optional.development.the_interface"></a><a class="link" href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_interface" title="The Interface">The Interface</a>
<a name="boost_optional.development.the_interface"></a><a href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_interface" title="The Interface">The Interface</a>
</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
Since the purpose of optional is to allow us to use objects with a formal
@ -291,9 +291,9 @@
operations not provided by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
itself which are supported by a special interface.
</p>
<h5>
<a name="boost_optional.development.the_interface.h0"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_optional.development.the_interface.lexically_hinted_value_access_in_the_presence_of_possibly_untitialized_optional_objects__the_operators___and___gt_"></a></span><a class="link" href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_interface.lexically_hinted_value_access_in_the_presence_of_possibly_untitialized_optional_objects__the_operators___and___gt_">Lexically-hinted
<a name="boost_optional.development.the_interface.lexically_hinted_value_access_in_the_presence_of_possibly_untitialized_optional_objects__the_operators___and___gt_"></a><h5>
<a name="id2615375"></a>
<a href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_interface.lexically_hinted_value_access_in_the_presence_of_possibly_untitialized_optional_objects__the_operators___and___gt_">Lexically-hinted
Value Access in the presence of possibly untitialized optional objects: The
operators * and -&gt;</a>
</h5>
@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
A relevant feature of a pointer is that it can have a <span class="bold"><strong>null
pointer value</strong></span>. This is a <span class="emphasis"><em>special</em></span> value which
is used to indicate that the pointer is not referring to any object at all.
In other words, null pointer values convey the notion of nonexistent objects.
In other words, null pointer values convey the notion of inexistent objects.
</p>
<p>
This meaning of the null pointer value allowed pointers to became a <span class="emphasis"><em>de
@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
to do to refer to a value which you don't really have is to use a null pointer
value of the appropriate type. Pointers have been used for decades&#8212;from
the days of C APIs to modern C++ libraries&#8212;to <span class="emphasis"><em>refer</em></span>
to optional (that is, possibly nonexistent) objects; particularly as optional
to optional (that is, possibly inexistent) objects; particularly as optional
arguments to a function, but also quite often as optional data members.
</p>
<p>
@ -328,8 +328,8 @@
Such a <span class="emphasis"><em>de facto</em></span> idiom for referring to optional objects
can be formalized in the form of a concept: the <a href="../../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html" target="_top">OptionalPointee</a>
concept. This concept captures the syntactic usage of operators <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-&gt;</span></code>
and contextual conversion to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
to convey the notion of optionality.
and conversion to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code> to convey
the notion of optionality.
</p>
<p>
However, pointers are good to <span class="underline">refer</span>
@ -356,9 +356,9 @@
possible undefined value because of the idiomatic aid present in the <a href="../../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html" target="_top">OptionalPointee</a> concept
incarnated by pointers.
</p>
<h5>
<a name="boost_optional.development.the_interface.h1"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_optional.development.the_interface.optional_lt_t_gt__as_a_model_of_optionalpointee"></a></span><a class="link" href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_interface.optional_lt_t_gt__as_a_model_of_optionalpointee">Optional&lt;T&gt;
<a name="boost_optional.development.the_interface.optional_lt_t_gt__as_a_model_of_optionalpointee"></a><h5>
<a name="id2615714"></a>
<a href="development.html#boost_optional.development.the_interface.optional_lt_t_gt__as_a_model_of_optionalpointee">Optional&lt;T&gt;
as a model of OptionalPointee</a>
</h5>
<p>
@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
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<p>
Consider these functions which should return a value but which might not have
a value to return:
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(A) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">sqrt</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">n</span> <span class="special">);</span></code>
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(C) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">point</span> <span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span></code>
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<p>
There are different approaches to the issue of not having a value to return.
</p>
<p>
A typical approach is to consider the existence of a valid return value as
a postcondition, so that if the function cannot compute the value to return,
it has either undefined behavior (and can use assert in a debug build) or uses
a runtime check and throws an exception if the postcondition is violated. This
is a reasonable choice for example, for function (A), because the lack of a
proper return value is directly related to an invalid parameter (out of domain
argument), so it is appropriate to require the callee to supply only parameters
in a valid domain for execution to continue normally.
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<p>
However, function (B), because of its asynchronous nature, does not fail just
because it can't find a value to return; so it is incorrect to consider such
a situation an error and assert or throw an exception. This function must return,
and somehow, must tell the callee that it is not returning a meaningful value.
</p>
<p>
A similar situation occurs with function (C): it is conceptually an error to
ask a <span class="emphasis"><em>null-area</em></span> polygon to return a point inside itself,
but in many applications, it is just impractical for performance reasons to
treat this as an error (because detecting that the polygon has no area might
be too expensive to be required to be tested previously), and either an arbitrary
point (typically at infinity) is returned, or some efficient way to tell the
callee that there is no such point is used.
</p>
<p>
There are various mechanisms to let functions communicate that the returned
value is not valid. One such mechanism, which is quite common since it has
zero or negligible overhead, is to use a special value which is reserved to
communicate this. Classical examples of such special values are <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EOF</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">npos</span></code>, points
at infinity, etc...
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<p>
When those values exist, i.e. the return type can hold all meaningful values
<span class="emphasis"><em>plus</em></span> the <span class="emphasis"><em>signal</em></span> value, this mechanism
is quite appropriate and well known. Unfortunately, there are cases when such
values do not exist. In these cases, the usual alternative is either to use
a wider type, such as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code> in place
of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span></code>; or a compound type, such
as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
Returning a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>, thus attaching a boolean flag to the result
which indicates if the result is meaningful, has the advantage that can be
turned into a consistent idiom since the first element of the pair can be whatever
the function would conceptually return. For example, the last two functions
could have the following interface:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
</pre>
<p>
These functions use a consistent interface for dealing with possibly nonexistent
results:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">second</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">flood_fill</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<p>
However, not only is this quite a burden syntactically, it is also error prone
since the user can easily use the function result (first element of the pair)
without ever checking if it has a valid value.
</p>
<p>
Clearly, we need a better idiom.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">()</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">!</span><span class="identifier">queue</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">empty</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">queue</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">top</span><span class="special">());</span>
<span class="keyword">else</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;();</span> <span class="comment">// uninitialized</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">else</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;();</span> <span class="comment">// uninitialized
</span><span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">receive_async_message</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">rcv</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// The safe boolean conversion from 'rcv' is used here.</span>
<span class="keyword">while</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rcv</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">())</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="special">!</span><span class="identifier">timeout</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="comment">// The safe boolean conversion from 'rcv' is used here.
</span> <span class="keyword">while</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rcv</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">())</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="special">!</span><span class="identifier">timeout</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">output</span><span class="special">(*</span><span class="identifier">rcv</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">name</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">name</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">database</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">open</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">name</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">database</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">lookup</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">employer_name</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">reset</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">database</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">lookup</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">employer_name</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">else</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">can_ask_user</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">name</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">user</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">ask</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">employer_name</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">reset</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">user</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">ask</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">employer_name</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">name</span> <span class="special">)</span>
@ -78,25 +82,27 @@
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">figure</span>
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<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">figure</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">figure</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// data member 'm_clipping_rect' is uninitialized at this point.</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="comment">// data member 'm_clipping_rect' is uninitialized at this point.
</span> <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">clip_in_rect</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">rect</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rect</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="special">....</span>
<span class="identifier">m_clipping_rect</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">rect</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// initialized here.</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="identifier">m_clipping_rect</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">reset</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">rect</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// initialized here.
</span> <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">draw</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">canvas</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">cvs</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
@ -106,8 +112,8 @@
<span class="identifier">cvs</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">drawXXX</span><span class="special">(..);</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="comment">// this can return NULL.</span>
<span class="identifier">rect</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_clipping_rect</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">get_pointer</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">m_clipping_rect</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="comment">// this can return NULL.
</span> <span class="identifier">rect</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_clipping_rect</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">get_pointer</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">m_clipping_rect</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">}</span>
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@ -116,12 +122,14 @@
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ExpensiveCtor</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">...</span> <span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
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<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">ExpensiveCtor</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">...</span> <span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Fred</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">Fred</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">mLargeVector</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">10000</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
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<p>
This library assumes that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
destructor does not throw exceptions. If it does, the behaviour of many operations
on <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> is
undefined.
Because of the current implementation (see <a href="../index.html#optional_implementation_notes">Implementation
Notes</a>), all of the assignment methods:
</p>
<p>
The following mutating operations never throw exceptions:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">reset</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span></code>
</li>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>
<span class="special">)</span></code></li>
<li><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code></li>
<li><code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>
<span class="special">)</span></code></li>
<li><code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>
<span class="special">)</span></code></li>
<li><code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>
<span class="special">)</span> </code></li>
<li><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;:::</span><span class="identifier">reset</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;)</span></code></li>
</ul></div>
<p>
In addition, the following constructors and the destructor never throw exceptions:
Can only <span class="emphasis"><em>guarantee</em></span> the <span class="underline">basic
exception safety</span>: The lvalue optional is left <span class="underline">uninitialized</span>
if an exception is thrown (any previous value is <span class="emphasis"><em>first</em></span>
destroyed using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">::~</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">()</span></code>)
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="keyword">noexcept</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span></code>
</li>
<p>
On the other hand, the <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitializing</em></span> methods:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">detail</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span></code></li>
<li><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">reset</span><span class="special">()</span></code></li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Regarding the following assignment functions:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>
<span class="special">)</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>
<span class="special">)</span> </code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">reset</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
They forward calls to the corresponding <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
constructors or assignments (depending on whether the optional object is initialized
or not); so if both <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s constructor
and the assignment provide strong exception safety guarantee, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>'s assignment
also provides strong exception safety guarantee; otherwise we only get the
basic guarantee. Additionally, if both involved <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
constructor and the assignment never throw, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>'s
assignment also never throws.
Provide the no-throw guarantee (assuming a no-throw <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">::~</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">()</span></code>)
</p>
<p>
Unless <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s constructor or assignment
throws, assignments to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
do not throw anything else on its own. A throw during assignment never changes
the initialization state of any optional object involved:
However, since <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>
itself doesn't throw any exceptions, the only source for exceptions here are
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s constructor, so if you
know the exception guarantees for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code>, you
know that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span></code>'s assignment
and reset has the same guarantees.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">opt1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">val1</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">opt2</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">val2</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">opt1</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">opt2</span><span class="special">);</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="comment">//
</span><span class="comment">// Case 1: Exception thrown during assignment.
</span><span class="comment">//
</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">v0</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">opt0</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v0</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">try</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">opt1</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">opt2</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// throws</span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">v1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">456</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">opt1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v1</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">opt0</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">opt1</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// If no exception was thrown, assignment succeeded.
</span> <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">opt0</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">v1</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">catch</span><span class="special">(...)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">opt1</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">opt2</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="comment">// If any exception was thrown, 'opt0' is reset to uninitialized.
</span> <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">!</span><span class="identifier">opt0</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="comment">//
</span><span class="comment">// Case 2: Exception thrown during reset(v)
</span><span class="comment">//
</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">v0</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v0</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">try</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">v1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">456</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">reset</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">v1</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// If no exception was thrown, reset succeeded.
</span> <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">v1</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">catch</span><span class="special">(...)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// If any exception was thrown, 'opt' is reset to uninitialized.
</span> <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">!</span><span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
This also applies to move assignments/constructors. However, move operations
are made no-throw more often.
</p>
<p>
Operation <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">emplace</span></code> provides
basic exception safety guarantee. If it throws, the optional object becomes
uninitialized regardless of its initial state, and its previous contained value
(if any) is destroyed. It doesn't call any assignment or move/copy constructor
on <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
</p>
<h4>
<a name="boost_optional.exception_safety_guarantees.h0"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_optional.exception_safety_guarantees.swap"></a></span><a class="link" href="exception_safety_guarantees.html#boost_optional.exception_safety_guarantees.swap">Swap</a>
<a name="boost_optional.exception_safety_guarantees.swap"></a><h4>
<a name="id2644478"></a>
<a href="exception_safety_guarantees.html#boost_optional.exception_safety_guarantees.swap">Swap</a>
</h4>
<p>
Unless <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code> on optional is
customized, its primary implementation forwards calls to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code> or move constructor (depending
on the initialization state of the optional objects). Thus, if both <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code>
and move constructor never throw, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code>
on <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> never
throws. similarly, if both <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code> and move constructor offer
strong guarantee, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code> on
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> also
offers a strong guarantee.
</p>
<p>
In case <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code> on optional is
customized, the call to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
move constructor are replaced with the calls to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
default constructor followed by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code>.
(This is more useful on older compilers that do not support move semantics,
when one wants to acheive stronger exception safety guarantees.) In this case
the exception safety guarantees for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code>
are reliant on the guarantees of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code> and default constructor
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">swap</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;,</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code> has the same exception guarantee as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;,</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;)</span></code>
when both optionals are initialized. If only one of the optionals is initialized,
it gives the same <span class="emphasis"><em>basic</em></span> exception guarantee as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">reset</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code> (since
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">reset</span><span class="special">()</span></code> doesn't throw). If none of the optionals
is initialized, it has no-throw guarantee since it is a no-op.
</p>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> is
currently implemented using a custom aligned storage facility built from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">alignment_of</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">type_with_alignment</span></code>
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copy/move constructor and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
destructor are explicitly used to initialize, copy, move and destroy optional
values. As a result, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s default
constructor is effectively by-passed, but the exception guarantees are basic.
It is planned to replace the current implementation with another with stronger
exception safety, such as a future <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">variant</span></code>.
copy constructor and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s destructor
are explicitly used to initialize,copy and destroy optional values. As a result,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s default constructor is
effectively by-passed, but the exception guarantees are basic. It is planned
to replace the current implementation with another with stronger exception
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<p>
One of the typical problems with wrappers and containers is that their interfaces
@ -34,9 +36,10 @@
but also requires the existence of a fully constructed object, often temporary,
just to follow the copy from:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">X</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">X</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">:::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
@ -50,8 +53,8 @@
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Temporary object created.</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Temporary object created.
</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
@ -59,7 +62,8 @@
object right in the container's storage. In this scheme, the user only needs
to supply the arguments to the constructor to use in the wrapped object construction.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span>
@ -71,9 +75,9 @@
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place</span>
<span class="comment">// No temporary created.</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place
</span> <span class="comment">// No temporary created.
</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
@ -92,7 +96,8 @@
<p>
For example, one member of this family looks like:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="identifier">m_a0</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span> <span class="identifier">m_a1</span> <span class="special">;</span>
@ -107,7 +112,8 @@
<p>
A wrapper class aware of this can use it as:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span>
@ -119,24 +125,24 @@
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a TypedInPlaceFactory.</span>
<span class="comment">// No temporary created.</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a TypedInPlaceFactory.
</span> <span class="comment">// No temporary created.
</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">rt</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
The factories are divided in two groups:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="underline">TypedInPlaceFactories</span>: those which
take the target type as a primary template parameter.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="underline">InPlaceFactories</span>: those with a template
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">construct</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">*)</span></code> member
function taking the target type.
</li>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li>
<span class="underline">TypedInPlaceFactories</span>: those which
take the target type as a primary template parameter.
</li>
<li>
<span class="underline">InPlaceFactories</span>: those with a template
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">construct</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">*)</span></code> member
function taking the target type.
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Within each group, all the family members differ only in the number of parameters
@ -146,7 +152,8 @@
This library provides an overloaded set of helper template functions to construct
these factories without requiring unnecessary template parameters:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">InPlaceFactoryN</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">...,</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
@ -155,7 +162,8 @@
<p>
In-place factories can be used generically by the wrapper and user as follows:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span>
@ -170,9 +178,9 @@
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a InPlaceFactory.</span>
<span class="comment">// No temporary created.</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a InPlaceFactory.
</span> <span class="comment">// No temporary created.
</span> <span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
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Consider these functions which should return a value but which might not have
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(A) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">sqrt</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">n</span> <span class="special">);</span></code>
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</li>
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(C) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">point</span> <span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span></code>
</li>
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<p>
There are different approaches to the issue of not having a value to return.
</p>
<p>
A typical approach is to consider the existence of a valid return value as
a postcondition, so that if the function cannot compute the value to return,
it has either undefined behavior (and can use assert in a debug build) or uses
a runtime check and throws an exception if the postcondition is violated. This
is a reasonable choice for example, for function (A), because the lack of a
proper return value is directly related to an invalid parameter (out of domain
argument), so it is appropriate to require the callee to supply only parameters
in a valid domain for execution to continue normally.
</p>
<p>
However, function (B), because of its asynchronous nature, does not fail just
because it can't find a value to return; so it is incorrect to consider such
a situation an error and assert or throw an exception. This function must return,
and somehow, must tell the callee that it is not returning a meaningful value.
</p>
<p>
A similar situation occurs with function (C): it is conceptually an error to
ask a <span class="emphasis"><em>null-area</em></span> polygon to return a point inside itself,
but in many applications, it is just impractical for performance reasons to
treat this as an error (because detecting that the polygon has no area might
be too expensive to be required to be tested previously), and either an arbitrary
point (typically at infinity) is returned, or some efficient way to tell the
callee that there is no such point is used.
</p>
<p>
There are various mechanisms to let functions communicate that the returned
value is not valid. One such mechanism, which is quite common since it has
zero or negligible overhead, is to use a special value which is reserved to
communicate this. Classical examples of such special values are <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EOF</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">npos</span></code>, points
at infinity, etc...
</p>
<p>
When those values exist, i.e. the return type can hold all meaningful values
<span class="emphasis"><em>plus</em></span> the <span class="emphasis"><em>signal</em></span> value, this mechanism
is quite appropriate and well known. Unfortunately, there are cases when such
values do not exist. In these cases, the usual alternative is either to use
a wider type, such as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code> in place
of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span></code>; or a compound type, such
as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
Returning a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>, thus attaching a boolean flag to the result
which indicates if the result is meaningful, has the advantage that can be
turned into a consistent idiom since the first element of the pair can be whatever
the function would conceptually return. For example, the last two functions
could have the following interface:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
</pre>
<p>
These functions use a consistent interface for dealing with possibly nonexistent
results:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">second</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">flood_fill</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
However, not only is this quite a burden syntactically, it is also error prone
since the user can easily use the function result (first element of the pair)
without ever checking if it has a valid value.
</p>
<p>
Clearly, we need a better idiom.
</p>
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This library allows the template parameter <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
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However, since references are not real objects some restrictions apply and
some operations are not available in this case:
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Also, even though <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span></code>
treats it wrapped pseudo-object much as a real value, a true real reference
is stored so aliasing will ocurr:
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Copies of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span></code>
will copy the references but all these references will nonetheless refer
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On compilers that do not conform to Standard C++ rules of reference binding,
operations on optional references might give adverse results: rather than
binding a reference to a designated object they may create an unexpected
temporary and bind to it. For more details see <a class="link" href="dependencies_and_portability/optional_reference_binding.html" title="Optional Reference Binding">Dependencies
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references</a>
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<p>
Rvalue references and lvalue references to const have the ability in C++ to
extend the life time of a temporary they bind to. Optional references do not
have this capability, therefore to avoid surprising effects it is not possible
to initialize an optional references from a temporary. Optional rvalue references
are disabled altogether. Also, the initialization and assignment of an optional
reference to const from rvalue reference is disabled.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// legal</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">oi</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// illegal</span>
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<p>
Let's write and use a converter function that converts an a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code>
to an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>. It is possible that
for a given string (e.g. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="string">"cat"</span></code>)
there exist no value of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>
capable of representing the conversion result. We do not consider such situation
an error. We expect that the converter can be used only to check if the conversion
is possible. A natural signature for this function can be:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</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">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
All necessary functionality can be included with one header <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;</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">&gt;</span></code>.
The above function signature means that the function can either return a
value of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code> or a flag
indicating that no value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>
is available. This does not indicate an error. It is like one additional
value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>. This is how we
can use our function:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">text</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="comment">/*... */</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">oi</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// move-construct</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oi</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="comment">// contextual conversion to bool</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">oi</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// operator*</span>
</pre>
<p>
In order to test if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span></code>
contains a value, we use the contextual conversion to type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>. Because of this we can combine the initialization
of the optional object and the test into one instruction:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">oi</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">))</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">oi</span><span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
<p>
We extract the contained value with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">*</span></code> (and with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span></code> where it makes sense). An attempt to
extract the contained value of an uninitialized optional object is an <span class="emphasis"><em>undefined
behaviour</em></span> (UB). This implementation guards the call with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_ASSERT</span></code>. Therefore you should be sure
that the contained value is there before extracting. For instance, the following
code is reasonably UB-safe:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"100"</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
This is because we know that string value <code class="computeroutput"><span class="string">"100"</span></code>
converts to a valid value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>.
If you do not like this potential UB, you can use an alternative way of extracting
the contained value:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">try</span> <span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">j</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">catch</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bad_optional_access</span><span class="special">&amp;)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// deal with it</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
This version throws an exception upon an attempt to access a non-existent
contained value. If your way of dealing with the missing value is to use
some default, like <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>, there exists
a yet another alternative:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">k</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">value_or</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
This uses the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">atoi</span></code>-like approach
to conversions: if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">text</span></code> does
not represent an integral number just return <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>.
Finally, you can provide a callback to be called when trying to access the
contained value fails:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">fallback_to_default</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">cerr</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"could not convert; using -1 instead"</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">-</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">l</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">value_or_eval</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">fallback_to_default</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
This will call the provided callback and return whatever the callback returns.
The callback can have side effects: they will only be observed when the optional
object does not contain a value.
</p>
<p>
Now, let's consider how function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">convert</span></code>
can be implemented.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">stringstream</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">((</span><span class="identifier">s</span> <span class="special">&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">char_traits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">eof</span><span class="special">())</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">else</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
Observe the two return statements. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">return</span>
<span class="identifier">i</span></code> uses the converting constructor
that can create <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>. Thus constructed
optional object is initialized and its value is a copy of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">i</span></code>.
The other return statement uses another converting constructor from a special
tag <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span></code>. It is used to indicate that we want
to create an uninitialized optional object.
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<p>
Suppose we have class <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Date</span></code>,
which does not have a default constructor: there is no good candidate for
a default date. We have a function that returns two dates in form of a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tuple</span></code>:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tuple</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Date</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Date</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">getPeriod</span><span class="special">();</span>
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<p>
In other place we want to use the result of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">getPeriod</span></code>,
but want the two dates to be named: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">begin</span></code>
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">end</span></code>. We want to implement
something like 'multiple return values':
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">Date</span> <span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// Error: no default ctor!</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tie</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">getPeriod</span><span class="special">();</span>
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<p>
The second line works already, this is the capability of <a href="../../../../../tuple/index.html" target="_top">Boost.Tuple</a>
library, but the first line won't work. We could set some invented initial
dates, but it is confusing and may be an unacceptable cost, given that these
values will be overwritten in the next line anyway. This is where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span></code> can help:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Date</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tie</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">getPeriod</span><span class="special">();</span>
</pre>
<p>
It works because inside <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">tie</span></code> a
move-assignment from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is
invoked on <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>,
which internally calls a move-constructor of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
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<p>
We could write function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">convert</span></code>
in a slightly different manner, so that it has a single <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">return</span></code>-statement:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">ans</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">stringstream</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">((</span><span class="identifier">s</span> <span class="special">&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">char_traits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">eof</span><span class="special">())</span>
<span class="identifier">ans</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">ans</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
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<p>
The default constructor of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span></code>
creates an unitialized optional object. Unlike with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>s
you cannot have an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
in an indeterminate state. Its state is always well defined. Instruction
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ans</span> <span class="special">=</span>
<span class="identifier">i</span></code> initializes the optional object.
It uses the assignment from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>.
In general, for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>,
when an assignment from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
is invoked, it can do two things. If the optional object is not initialized
our case here), it initializes it with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
copy constructor. If the optional object is already initialized, it assigns
the new value to it using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
copy assignment.
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<p>
Suppose we want to implement a <span class="emphasis"><em>lazy load</em></span> optimization.
This is because we do not want to perform an expensive initialization of
our <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Resource</span></code> until (if at
all) it is really used. We can do it this way:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Widget</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">mutable</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Resource</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">resource_</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">Widget</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Resource</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">getResource</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="comment">// not thread-safe</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">resource_</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">resource_</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">emplace</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"resource"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"arguments"</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">resource_</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span></code>'s default constructor
creates an uninitialized optional. No call to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Resource</span></code>'s
default constructor is attempted. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Resource</span></code>
doesn't have to be <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/DefaultConstructible.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">DefaultConstructible</span></code></a>. In function
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">getResource</span></code> we first check
if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">resource_</span></code> is initialized.
This time we do not use the contextual conversion to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>,
but a comparison with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span></code>.
These two ways are equivalent. Function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">emplace</span></code>
initializes the optional in-place by perfect-forwarding the arguments to
the constructor of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Resource</span></code>.
No copy- or move-construction is involved here. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Resource</span></code>
doesn't even have to be <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">MoveConstructible</span></code>.
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Function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">emplace</span></code> is only
available on compilers that support rvalue references and variadic templates.
If your compiler does not support these features and you still need to
avoid any move-constructions, use <a class="link" href="../tutorial/in_place_factories.html" title="In-Place Factories">In-Place
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<p>
Let's write and use a converter function that converts an a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code>
to an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>. It is possible that
for a given string (e.g. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="string">"cat"</span></code>)
there exist no value of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>
capable of representing the conversion result. We do not consider such situation
an error. We expect that the converter can be used only to check if the conversion
is possible. A natural signature for this function can be:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</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">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optionl</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<p>
All necessary functionality can be included with one header <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;</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">&gt;</span></code>.
The above function signature means that the function can either return a
value of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code> or a flag
indicating that no value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>
is available. This does not indicate an error. It is like one additional
value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>. This is how we
can use our function:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">text</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="comment">/*... */</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optionl</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">oi</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// move-construct</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oi</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="comment">// contextual conversion to bool</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">oi</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// operator*</span>
</pre>
<p>
In order to test if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span></code>
contains a value, we use the contextual conversion to type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>. Because of this we can combine the initialization
of the optional object and the test into one instruction:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optionl</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">oi</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">))</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">oi</span><span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
<p>
We extract the contained value with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">*</span></code> (and with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span></code> where it makes sense). An attempt to
extract the contained value of an uninitialized optional object is an <span class="emphasis"><em>undefined
behaviour</em></span> (UB). This implementation guards the call with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_ASSERT</span></code>. Therefore you should be sure
that the contained value is there before extracting. For instance, the following
code is reasonably UB-safe:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"100"</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
This is because we know that string value <code class="computeroutput"><span class="string">"100"</span></code>
converts to a valid value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>.
If you do not like this potential UB, you can use an alternative way of extracting
the contained value:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">try</span> <span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">j</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">catch</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bad_optional_access</span><span class="special">&amp;)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// deal with it</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
This version throws an exception upon an attempt to access a non-existent
contained value. If your way of dealing with the missing value is to use
some default, like <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>, there exists
a yet another alternative:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">k</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">value_or</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
This uses the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">atoi</span></code>-like approach
to conversions: if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">text</span></code> does
not represent an integral number just return <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>.
Now, let's consider how function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">convert</span></code>
can be implemented.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optionl</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">convert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">stringstream</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">text</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">((</span><span class="identifier">s</span> <span class="special">&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">char_traits</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">eof</span><span class="special">())</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">else</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
Observe the two return statements. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">return</span>
<span class="identifier">i</span></code> uses the converting constructor
that can create <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>. Thus constructed
optional object is initialized and its value is a copy of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">i</span></code>.
The other return statement uses another converting constructor from a special
tag <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span></code>. It is used to indicate that we want
to create an uninitialized optional object.
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Suppose you want to ask users to choose some number (an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>).
One of the valid responses is to choose nothing, which is represented by
an uninitialized <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
You want to make a histogram showing how many times each choice was made.
You can use an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span></code>:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">choices</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">for</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">LIMIT</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">++</span><span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">choice</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">readChoice</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">++</span><span class="identifier">choices</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">choice</span><span class="special">];</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
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<p>
This works because <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
is <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/LessThanComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">LessThanComparable</span></code></a> whenever <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/LessThanComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">LessThanComparable</span></code></a>. In this case
the state of being uninitialized is treated as a yet another value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>, which is compared less than any value
of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
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the effect is to bind (for the 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>
<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>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rx</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">ora</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">orb</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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><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><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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If you assign to a bare C++ reference, the assignment is forwarded to the referenced
object; its value changes but the reference is never rebound.
object; it's value changes but the reference is never rebound.
</p>
<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>
<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>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">ra</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rb</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<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>
<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>
<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><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>
<span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<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>
</pre>
<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></pre>
<p>
Now, if you assign to an <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized </em></span> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span></code>,
the effect is to <span class="bold"><strong>rebind</strong></span> to the new object
instead of assigning the referee. This is unlike bare C++ references.
</p>
<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>
<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>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">ra</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rb</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">ora</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ra</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">orb</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rb</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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><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><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>
<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>
</pre>
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<a name="boost_optional.rebinding_semantics_for_assignment_of_optional_references.rationale"></a><h4>
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</h4>
<p>
Rebinding semantics for the assignment of <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized </em></span>
@ -90,7 +95,8 @@
forwarding assignment to the referenced object (thus changing the referenced
object value but not rebinding), and consider the following code:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">();</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rx</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rx</span><span class="special">);</span>
@ -117,24 +123,25 @@
or not.
</p>
<p>
That is, you would have to discriminate in order to be consistent.
That is, you would have to discriminate in order to be consistency.
</p>
<p>
If in your code rebinding to another object is not an option, then it is very
likely that binding for the first time isn't either. In such case, assignment
If in your code rebinding to another object is not an option, then is very
likely that binding for the fist time isn't either. In such case, assignment
to an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized </em></span> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span></code>
shall be prohibited. It is quite possible that in such a scenario it is a precondition
that the lvalue must be already initialized. If it isn't, then binding for
the first time is OK while rebinding is not which is IMO very unlikely. In
such a scenario, you can assign the value itself directly, as in:
shall be prohibited. It is quite possible that in such scenario the precondition
that the lvalue must be already initialized exist. If it doesn't, then binding
for the first time is OK while rebinding is not which is IMO very unlikely.
In such scenario, you can assign the value itself directly, as in:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(!!</span><span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">);</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(!!</span><span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
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<pre class="programlisting"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="comment">// In Header: &lt;</span></code><a href="../../../../../../boost/optional/optional.hpp" target="_top">boost/optional/optional.hpp</a><span class="comment">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span> <span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span> <span class="special">:</span>
<span class="comment">// (If T is of reference type, the parameters and results by reference are by value)</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_none_t"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_move_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// [new in 1.34]</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">condition</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_bool_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="emphasis"><em>see below</em></span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_move_constructor_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_move_constructor_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_none_t"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_move_equal_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="emphasis"><em>see below</em></span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_move_equal_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_move_equal_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span><span class="special">...</span> <span class="identifier">Args</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">emplace</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">Args</span><span class="special">...&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">args</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_emplace"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">-&gt;()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_arrow"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">-&gt;()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_arrow"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">*()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_asterisk"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">*()</span> <span class="special">&amp;;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_asterisk"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">*()</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_asterisk"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">value_or</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value_or"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">value_or</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value_or"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_ptr</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_ptr</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_bool"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">!()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_not"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// deprecated methods</span>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">reset</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_reset"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">reset</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_reset_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">is_initialized</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_is_initialized"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get_value_or</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">default</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_value_or_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_not_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_less_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_greater_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&lt;=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_less_or_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&gt;=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_greater_or_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_equal_optional_none"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_not_equal_optional_none"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">make_optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_make_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">make_optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">condition</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_make_optional_bool_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get_optional_value_or</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">default</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_value_or_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;*</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_pointer</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_pointer</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">swap</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_swap_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="comment">// namespace boost</span>
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<pre class="programlisting"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="comment">// In Header: &lt;</span></code><a href="../../../../../boost/optional/optional.hpp" target="_top">boost/optional/optional.hpp</a><span class="comment">&gt;</span>
<pre class="programlisting">
<span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span> <span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
@ -35,132 +34,110 @@
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span> <span class="special">:</span>
<span class="comment">// (If T is of reference type, the parameters and results by reference are by value)</span>
<span class="comment">// (If T is of reference type, the parameters and results by reference are by value)
</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_none_t"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_none_t"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// [new in 1.34]
</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">condition</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_bool_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_move_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// [new in 1.34]</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">condition</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_bool_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="emphasis"><em>see below</em></span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_move_constructor_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_move_constructor_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_none_t"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_move_equal_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// [new in 1.34]
</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get_value_or</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">default</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_value_or_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="emphasis"><em>see below</em></span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_move_equal_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">-&gt;()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_arrow"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">-&gt;()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_arrow"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">*()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">*()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_move_equal_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_ptr</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_ptr</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span><span class="special">...</span> <span class="identifier">Args</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">emplace</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">Args</span><span class="special">...&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">args</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_emplace"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="identifier">unspecified</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">type</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_bool"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">!()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_not"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// deprecated methods
</span>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)
</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">reset</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_reset"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)
</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">reset</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_reset_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">-&gt;()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_arrow"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">-&gt;()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_arrow"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)
</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">is_initialized</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_is_initialized"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">*()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_asterisk"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">*()</span> <span class="special">&amp;;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_asterisk"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">*()</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_asterisk"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">value_or</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value_or"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">value_or</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value_or"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_ptr</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_ptr</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_bool"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">!()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_not"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// deprecated methods</span>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">reset</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_reset"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">reset</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_reset_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">is_initialized</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_is_initialized"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get_value_or</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">default</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_value_or_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_not_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_not_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_less_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_less_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_greater_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_greater_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&lt;=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_less_or_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&lt;=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_less_or_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&gt;=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_greater_or_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&gt;=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_greater_or_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_equal_optional_none"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// [new in 1.34]
</span><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">make_optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_make_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_not_equal_optional_none"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// [new in 1.34]
</span><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">make_optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">condition</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_make_optional_bool_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">make_optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_make_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// [new in 1.34]
</span><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get_optional_value_or</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">default</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_value_or_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">make_optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">condition</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_make_optional_bool_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get_optional_value_or</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">default</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_value_or_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;*</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_pointer</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;*</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_pointer</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_pointer</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">swap</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_swap_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_pointer</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">swap</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="detailed_semantics.html#reference_swap_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="comment">// namespace boost</span>
</pre>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="comment">// namespace boost
</span></pre>
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<p>
Consider these functions which should return a value but which might not
have a value to return:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
(A) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">sqrt</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">n</span> <span class="special">);</span></code>
</li>
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(B) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">();</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
(C) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">point</span> <span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span></code>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
There are different approaches to the issue of not having a value to return.
</p>
<p>
A typical approach is to consider the existence of a valid return value as
a postcondition, so that if the function cannot compute the value to return,
it has either undefined behavior (and can use assert in a debug build) or
uses a runtime check and throws an exception if the postcondition is violated.
This is a reasonable choice for example, for function (A), because the lack
of a proper return value is directly related to an invalid parameter (out
of domain argument), so it is appropriate to require the callee to supply
only parameters in a valid domain for execution to continue normally.
</p>
<p>
However, function (B), because of its asynchronous nature, does not fail
just because it can't find a value to return; so it is incorrect to consider
such a situation an error and assert or throw an exception. This function
must return, and somehow, must tell the callee that it is not returning a
meaningful value.
</p>
<p>
A similar situation occurs with function (C): it is conceptually an error
to ask a <span class="emphasis"><em>null-area</em></span> polygon to return a point inside
itself, but in many applications, it is just impractical for performance
reasons to treat this as an error (because detecting that the polygon has
no area might be too expensive to be required to be tested previously), and
either an arbitrary point (typically at infinity) is returned, or some efficient
way to tell the callee that there is no such point is used.
</p>
<p>
There are various mechanisms to let functions communicate that the returned
value is not valid. One such mechanism, which is quite common since it has
zero or negligible overhead, is to use a special value which is reserved
to communicate this. Classical examples of such special values are <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EOF</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">npos</span></code>,
points at infinity, etc...
</p>
<p>
When those values exist, i.e. the return type can hold all meaningful values
<span class="emphasis"><em>plus</em></span> the <span class="emphasis"><em>signal</em></span> value, this mechanism
is quite appropriate and well known. Unfortunately, there are cases when
such values do not exist. In these cases, the usual alternative is either
to use a wider type, such as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>
in place of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span></code>; or a compound
type, such as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
Returning a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>, thus attaching a boolean flag to the
result which indicates if the result is meaningful, has the advantage that
can be turned into a consistent idiom since the first element of the pair
can be whatever the function would conceptually return. For example, the
last two functions could have the following interface:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
</pre>
<p>
These functions use a consistent interface for dealing with possibly nonexistent
results:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">second</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">flood_fill</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
However, not only is this quite a burden syntactically, it is also error
prone since the user can easily use the function result (first element of
the pair) without ever checking if it has a valid value.
</p>
<p>
Clearly, we need a better idiom.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview"></a><a class="link" href="tutorial.html#boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview" title="Design Overview">Design Overview</a>
</h3></div></div></div>
<div class="toc"><dl class="toc">
<dt><span class="section"><a href="tutorial.html#boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_models">The
models</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="tutorial.html#boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_semantics">The
semantics</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="tutorial.html#boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface">The
Interface</a></span></dt>
</dl></div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
<a name="boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_models"></a><a class="link" href="tutorial.html#boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_models" title="The models">The
models</a>
</h4></div></div></div>
<p>
In C++, we can <span class="emphasis"><em>declare</em></span> an object (a variable) of type
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>, and we can give this
variable an <span class="emphasis"><em>initial value</em></span> (through an <span class="emphasis"><em>initializer</em></span>.
(cf. 8.5)). When a declaration includes a non-empty initializer (an initial
value is given), it is said that the object has been initialized. If the
declaration uses an empty initializer (no initial value is given), and
neither default nor value initialization applies, it is said that the object
is <span class="bold"><strong>uninitialized</strong></span>. Its actual value exist
but has an <span class="emphasis"><em>indeterminate initial value</em></span> (cf. 8.5/11).
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
intends to formalize the notion of initialization (or lack of it) allowing
a program to test whether an object has been initialized and stating that
access to the value of an uninitialized object is undefined behavior. That
is, when a variable is declared as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> and no initial value is given, the
variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>formally</em></span> uninitialized. A formally uninitialized
optional object has conceptually no value at all and this situation can
be tested at runtime. It is formally <span class="emphasis"><em>undefined behavior</em></span>
to try to access the value of an uninitialized optional. An uninitialized
optional can be assigned a value, in which case its initialization state
changes to initialized. Furthermore, given the formal treatment of initialization
states in optional objects, it is even possible to reset an optional to
<span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span>.
</p>
<p>
In C++ there is no formal notion of uninitialized objects, which means
that objects always have an initial value even if indeterminate. As discussed
on the previous section, this has a drawback because you need additional
information to tell if an object has been effectively initialized. One
of the typical ways in which this has been historically dealt with is via
a special value: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EOF</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">npos</span></code>, -1, etc... This is
equivalent to adding the special value to the set of possible values of
a given type. This super set of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
plus some <span class="emphasis"><em>nil_t</em></span>&#8212;where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>
is some stateless POD&#8212;can be modeled in modern languages as a <span class="bold"><strong>discriminated union</strong></span> of T and nil_t. Discriminated
unions are often called <span class="emphasis"><em>variants</em></span>. A variant has a
<span class="emphasis"><em>current type</em></span>, which in our case is either <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>.
Using the <a href="../../../../variant/index.html" target="_top">Boost.Variant</a>
library, this model can be implemented in terms of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">variant</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">nil_t</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>. There is precedent for a discriminated
union as a model for an optional value: the <a href="http://www.haskell.org/" target="_top">Haskell</a>
<span class="bold"><strong>Maybe</strong></span> built-in type constructor. Thus,
a discriminated union <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>
serves as a conceptual foundation.
</p>
<p>
A <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">variant</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">nil_t</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> follows naturally from the traditional
idiom of extending the range of possible values adding an additional sentinel
value with the special meaning of <span class="emphasis"><em>Nothing</em></span>. However,
this additional <span class="emphasis"><em>Nothing</em></span> value is largely irrelevant
for our purpose since our goal is to formalize the notion of uninitialized
objects and, while a special extended value can be used to convey that
meaning, it is not strictly necessary in order to do so.
</p>
<p>
The observation made in the last paragraph about the irrelevant nature
of the additional <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>
with respect to <span class="underline">purpose</span> of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
suggests an alternative model: a <span class="emphasis"><em>container</em></span> that either
has a value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> or nothing.
</p>
<p>
As of this writing I don't know of any precedent for a variable-size fixed-capacity
(of 1) stack-based container model for optional values, yet I believe this
is the consequence of the lack of practical implementations of such a container
rather than an inherent shortcoming of the container model.
</p>
<p>
In any event, both the discriminated-union or the single-element container
models serve as a conceptual ground for a class representing optional&#8212;i.e.
possibly uninitialized&#8212;objects. For instance, these models show the
<span class="emphasis"><em>exact</em></span> semantics required for a wrapper of optional
values:
</p>
<p>
Discriminated-union:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-copy</strong></span> semantics: copies of the
variant implies copies of the value.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-relational</strong></span> semantics: comparisons
between variants matches both current types and values
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the variant's current type is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized</em></span> optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the variant's current type is not <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span> optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Testing if the variant's current type is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
models testing if the optional is initialized
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Trying to extract a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
from a variant when its current type is not <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
models the undefined behavior of trying to access the value of an uninitialized
optional
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Single-element container:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-copy</strong></span> semantics: copies of the
container implies copies of the value.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-relational</strong></span> semantics: comparisons
between containers compare container size and if match, contained value
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the container is not empty (contains an object of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>), it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized</em></span>
optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the container is empty, it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span>
optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Testing if the container is empty models testing if the optional is
initialized
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Trying to extract a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
from an empty container models the undefined behavior of trying to
access the value of an uninitialized optional
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
<a name="boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_semantics"></a><a class="link" href="tutorial.html#boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_semantics" title="The semantics">The
semantics</a>
</h4></div></div></div>
<p>
Objects of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> are intended to be used in places where
objects of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> would
but which might be uninitialized. Hence, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>'s purpose is to formalize the additional
possibly uninitialized state. From the perspective of this role, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
can have the same operational semantics of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
plus the additional semantics corresponding to this special state. As such,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
could be thought of as a <span class="emphasis"><em>supertype</em></span> of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>. Of course, we can't do that in C++,
so we need to compose the desired semantics using a different mechanism.
Doing it the other way around, that is, making <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> a <span class="emphasis"><em>subtype</em></span> of
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is not only conceptually
wrong but also impractical: it is not allowed to derive from a non-class
type, such as a built-in type.
</p>
<p>
We can draw from the purpose of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> the required basic semantics:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Default Construction:</strong></span> To introduce
a formally uninitialized wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Construction via copy:</strong></span>
To introduce a formally initialized wrapped object whose value is obtained
as a copy of some object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Deep Copy Construction:</strong></span> To obtain
a new yet equivalent wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Assignment (upon initialized):</strong></span>
To assign a value to the wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Assignment (upon uninitialized):</strong></span>
To initialize the wrapped object with a value obtained as a copy of
some object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Assignment (upon initialized):</strong></span> To
assign to the wrapped object the value of another wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Assignment (upon uninitialized):</strong></span> To
initialize the wrapped object with value of another wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Deep Relational Operations (when supported by
the type T):</strong></span> To compare wrapped object values taking into
account the presence of uninitialized states.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Value access:</strong></span> To unwrap the wrapped
object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Initialization state query:</strong></span> To determine
if the object is formally initialized or not.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Swap:</strong></span> To exchange wrapped objects.
(with whatever exception safety guarantees are provided by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s swap).
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>De-initialization:</strong></span> To release the
wrapped object (if any) and leave the wrapper in the uninitialized
state.
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Additional operations are useful, such as converting constructors and converting
assignments, in-place construction and assignment, and safe value access
via a pointer to the wrapped object or null.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
<a name="boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface"></a><a class="link" href="tutorial.html#boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface" title="The Interface">The
Interface</a>
</h4></div></div></div>
<p>
Since the purpose of optional is to allow us to use objects with a formal
uninitialized additional state, the interface could try to follow the interface
of the underlying <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> type
as much as possible. In order to choose the proper degree of adoption of
the native <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> interface,
the following must be noted: Even if all the operations supported by an
instance of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> are
defined for the entire range of values for such a type, an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
extends such a set of values with a new value for which most (otherwise
valid) operations are not defined in terms of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
Furthermore, since <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> itself is merely a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
wrapper (modeling a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> supertype),
any attempt to define such operations upon uninitialized optionals will
be totally artificial w.r.t. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
This library chooses an interface which follows from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
interface only for those operations which are well defined (w.r.t the type
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>) even if any of the operands
are uninitialized. These operations include: construction, copy-construction,
assignment, swap and relational operations.
</p>
<p>
For the value access operations, which are undefined (w.r.t the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>) when the operand is uninitialized,
a different interface is chosen (which will be explained next).
</p>
<p>
Also, the presence of the possibly uninitialized state requires additional
operations not provided by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
itself which are supported by a special interface.
</p>
<h6>
<a name="boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface.h0"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface.lexically_hinted_value_access_in_the_presence_of_possibly_untitialized_optional_objects__the_operators___and___gt_"></a></span><a class="link" href="tutorial.html#boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface.lexically_hinted_value_access_in_the_presence_of_possibly_untitialized_optional_objects__the_operators___and___gt_">Lexically-hinted
Value Access in the presence of possibly untitialized optional objects:
The operators * and -&gt;</a>
</h6>
<p>
A relevant feature of a pointer is that it can have a <span class="bold"><strong>null
pointer value</strong></span>. This is a <span class="emphasis"><em>special</em></span> value
which is used to indicate that the pointer is not referring to any object
at all. In other words, null pointer values convey the notion of nonexistent
objects.
</p>
<p>
This meaning of the null pointer value allowed pointers to became a <span class="emphasis"><em>de
facto</em></span> standard for handling optional objects because all you
have to do to refer to a value which you don't really have is to use a
null pointer value of the appropriate type. Pointers have been used for
decades&#8212;from the days of C APIs to modern C++ libraries&#8212;to <span class="emphasis"><em>refer</em></span>
to optional (that is, possibly nonexistent) objects; particularly as optional
arguments to a function, but also quite often as optional data members.
</p>
<p>
The possible presence of a null pointer value makes the operations that
access the pointee's value possibly undefined, therefore, expressions which
use dereference and access operators, such as: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">p</span>
<span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">)</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">)</span></code>, implicitly convey the notion of optionality,
and this information is tied to the <span class="emphasis"><em>syntax</em></span> of the
expressions. That is, the presence of operators <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span></code>
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-&gt;</span></code> tell by themselves
&#8212;without any additional context&#8212; that the expression will be undefined
unless the implied pointee actually exist.
</p>
<p>
Such a <span class="emphasis"><em>de facto</em></span> idiom for referring to optional objects
can be formalized in the form of a concept: the <a href="../../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html" target="_top">OptionalPointee</a>
concept. This concept captures the syntactic usage of operators <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-&gt;</span></code>
and contextual conversion to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
to convey the notion of optionality.
</p>
<p>
However, pointers are good to <span class="underline">refer</span>
to optional objects, but not particularly good to handle the optional objects
in all other respects, such as initializing or moving/copying them. The
problem resides in the shallow-copy of pointer semantics: if you need to
effectively move or copy the object, pointers alone are not enough. The
problem is that copies of pointers do not imply copies of pointees. For
example, as was discussed in the motivation, pointers alone cannot be used
to return optional objects from a function because the object must move
outside from the function and into the caller's context.
</p>
<p>
A solution to the shallow-copy problem that is often used is to resort
to dynamic allocation and use a smart pointer to automatically handle the
details of this. For example, if a function is to optionally return an
object <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">X</span></code>, it can use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
as the return value. However, this requires dynamic allocation of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">X</span></code>. If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">X</span></code>
is a built-in or small POD, this technique is very poor in terms of required
resources. Optional objects are essentially values so it is very convenient
to be able to use automatic storage and deep-copy semantics to manipulate
optional values just as we do with ordinary values. Pointers do not have
this semantics, so are inappropriate for the initialization and transport
of optional values, yet are quite convenient for handling the access to
the possible undefined value because of the idiomatic aid present in the
<a href="../../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html" target="_top">OptionalPointee</a>
concept incarnated by pointers.
</p>
<h6>
<a name="boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface.h1"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface.optional_lt_t_gt__as_a_model_of_optionalpointee"></a></span><a class="link" href="tutorial.html#boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface.optional_lt_t_gt__as_a_model_of_optionalpointee">Optional&lt;T&gt;
as a model of OptionalPointee</a>
</h6>
<p>
For value access operations <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code> uses operators <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span></code>
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-&gt;</span></code> to lexically warn
about the possibly uninitialized state appealing to the familiar pointer
semantics w.r.t. to null pointers.
</p>
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However, it is particularly important to note that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code> objects are not pointers. <span class="underline"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code> is not, and does not model, a
pointer</span>.
</p></td></tr>
</table></div>
<p>
For instance, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code> does not have shallow-copy so does
not alias: two different optionals never refer to the <span class="emphasis"><em>same</em></span>
value unless <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> itself is
a reference (but may have <span class="emphasis"><em>equivalent</em></span> values). The
difference between an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> and a pointer must be kept in mind,
particularly because the semantics of relational operators are different:
since <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
is a value-wrapper, relational operators are deep: they compare optional
values; but relational operators for pointers are shallow: they do not
compare pointee values. As a result, you might be able to replace <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span></code>
on some situations but not always. Specifically, on generic code written
for both, you cannot use relational operators directly, and must use the
template functions <a href="../../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html#equal" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">equal_pointees</span><span class="special">()</span></code></a>
and <a href="../../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html#less" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">less_pointees</span><span class="special">()</span></code></a>
instead.
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<p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> should
be used with special caution and consideration.
</p>
<p>
First, it is functionally similar to a tristate boolean (false, maybe, true)
&#8212;such as <a href="../../../../../../doc/html/tribool.html" target="_top">boost::tribool</a>&#8212;
except that in a tristate boolean, the maybe state <span class="underline">represents
a valid value</span>, unlike the corresponding state of an uninitialized
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
It should be carefully considered if an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
instead of a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tribool</span></code> is really
needed.
</p>
<p>
Second, although <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code> provides a contextual conversion
to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code> in C++11, this falls
back to an implicit conversion on older compilers. This conversion refers
to the initialization state and not to the contained value. Using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> can
lead to subtle errors due to the implicit <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
conversion:
</p>
<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>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">bar</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">try</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="comment">// The following intended to pass the value of 'v' to foo():</span>
<span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="comment">// But instead, the initialization state is passed</span>
<span class="comment">// due to a typo: it should have been foo(*v).</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
The only implicit conversion is to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>,
and it is safe in the sense that typical integral promotions don't apply
(i.e. if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
takes an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code> instead, it won't
compile).
</p>
<p>
Third, mixed comparisons with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>
work differently than similar mixed comparisons between pointers and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>, so the results might surprise you:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
</pre>
<p>
In other words, for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>, the following assertion does not
hold:
</p>
<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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<p>
In C++, we can <span class="emphasis"><em>declare</em></span> an object (a variable) of type
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>, and we can give this
variable an <span class="emphasis"><em>initial value</em></span> (through an <span class="emphasis"><em>initializer</em></span>.
(cf. 8.5)). When a declaration includes a non-empty initializer (an initial
value is given), it is said that the object has been initialized. If the
declaration uses an empty initializer (no initial value is given), and
neither default nor value initialization applies, it is said that the object
is <span class="bold"><strong>uninitialized</strong></span>. Its actual value exist
but has an <span class="emphasis"><em>indeterminate initial value</em></span> (cf. 8.5/11).
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
intends to formalize the notion of initialization (or lack of it) allowing
a program to test whether an object has been initialized and stating that
access to the value of an uninitialized object is undefined behavior. That
is, when a variable is declared as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> and no initial value is given, the
variable is <span class="emphasis"><em>formally</em></span> uninitialized. A formally uninitialized
optional object has conceptually no value at all and this situation can
be tested at runtime. It is formally <span class="emphasis"><em>undefined behavior</em></span>
to try to access the value of an uninitialized optional. An uninitialized
optional can be assigned a value, in which case its initialization state
changes to initialized. Furthermore, given the formal treatment of initialization
states in optional objects, it is even possible to reset an optional to
<span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span>.
</p>
<p>
In C++ there is no formal notion of uninitialized objects, which means
that objects always have an initial value even if indeterminate. As discussed
on the previous section, this has a drawback because you need additional
information to tell if an object has been effectively initialized. One
of the typical ways in which this has been historically dealt with is via
a special value: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EOF</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">npos</span></code>, -1, etc... This is
equivalent to adding the special value to the set of possible values of
a given type. This super set of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
plus some <span class="emphasis"><em>nil_t</em></span>&#8212;where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>
is some stateless POD&#8212;can be modeled in modern languages as a <span class="bold"><strong>discriminated union</strong></span> of T and nil_t. Discriminated
unions are often called <span class="emphasis"><em>variants</em></span>. A variant has a
<span class="emphasis"><em>current type</em></span>, which in our case is either <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>.
Using the <a href="../../../../../variant/index.html" target="_top">Boost.Variant</a>
library, this model can be implemented in terms of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">variant</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">nil_t</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>. There is precedent for a discriminated
union as a model for an optional value: the <a href="http://www.haskell.org/" target="_top">Haskell</a>
<span class="bold"><strong>Maybe</strong></span> built-in type constructor. Thus,
a discriminated union <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>
serves as a conceptual foundation.
</p>
<p>
A <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">variant</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">nil_t</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> follows naturally from the traditional
idiom of extending the range of possible values adding an additional sentinel
value with the special meaning of <span class="emphasis"><em>Nothing</em></span>. However,
this additional <span class="emphasis"><em>Nothing</em></span> value is largely irrelevant
for our purpose since our goal is to formalize the notion of uninitialized
objects and, while a special extended value can be used to convey that
meaning, it is not strictly necessary in order to do so.
</p>
<p>
The observation made in the last paragraph about the irrelevant nature
of the additional <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nil_t</span></code>
with respect to <span class="underline">purpose</span> of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
suggests an alternative model: a <span class="emphasis"><em>container</em></span> that either
has a value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> or nothing.
</p>
<p>
As of this writing I don't know of any precedent for a variable-size fixed-capacity
(of 1) stack-based container model for optional values, yet I believe this
is the consequence of the lack of practical implementations of such a container
rather than an inherent shortcoming of the container model.
</p>
<p>
In any event, both the discriminated-union or the single-element container
models serve as a conceptual ground for a class representing optional&#8212;i.e.
possibly uninitialized&#8212;objects. For instance, these models show the
<span class="emphasis"><em>exact</em></span> semantics required for a wrapper of optional
values:
</p>
<p>
Discriminated-union:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-copy</strong></span> semantics: copies of the
variant implies copies of the value.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-relational</strong></span> semantics: comparisons
between variants matches both current types and values
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the variant's current type is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized</em></span> optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the variant's current type is not <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span> optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Testing if the variant's current type is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
models testing if the optional is initialized
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Trying to extract a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
from a variant when its current type is not <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
models the undefined behavior of trying to access the value of an uninitialized
optional
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Single-element container:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-copy</strong></span> semantics: copies of the
container implies copies of the value.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>deep-relational</strong></span> semantics: comparisons
between containers compare container size and if match, contained value
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the container is not empty (contains an object of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>), it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized</em></span>
optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
If the container is empty, it is modeling an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span>
optional.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Testing if the container is empty models testing if the optional is
initialized
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Trying to extract a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
from an empty container models the undefined behavior of trying to
access the value of an uninitialized optional
</li>
</ul></div>
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<p>
Since the purpose of optional is to allow us to use objects with a formal
uninitialized additional state, the interface could try to follow the interface
of the underlying <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> type
as much as possible. In order to choose the proper degree of adoption of
the native <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> interface,
the following must be noted: Even if all the operations supported by an
instance of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> are
defined for the entire range of values for such a type, an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
extends such a set of values with a new value for which most (otherwise
valid) operations are not defined in terms of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
Furthermore, since <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> itself is merely a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
wrapper (modeling a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> supertype),
any attempt to define such operations upon uninitialized optionals will
be totally artificial w.r.t. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
This library chooses an interface which follows from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
interface only for those operations which are well defined (w.r.t the type
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>) even if any of the operands
are uninitialized. These operations include: construction, copy-construction,
assignment, swap and relational operations.
</p>
<p>
For the value access operations, which are undefined (w.r.t the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>) when the operand is uninitialized,
a different interface is chosen (which will be explained next).
</p>
<p>
Also, the presence of the possibly uninitialized state requires additional
operations not provided by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
itself which are supported by a special interface.
</p>
<h6>
<a name="boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface.h0"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface.lexically_hinted_value_access_in_the_presence_of_possibly_untitialized_optional_objects__the_operators___and___gt_"></a></span><a class="link" href="the_interface.html#boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface.lexically_hinted_value_access_in_the_presence_of_possibly_untitialized_optional_objects__the_operators___and___gt_">Lexically-hinted
Value Access in the presence of possibly untitialized optional objects:
The operators * and -&gt;</a>
</h6>
<p>
A relevant feature of a pointer is that it can have a <span class="bold"><strong>null
pointer value</strong></span>. This is a <span class="emphasis"><em>special</em></span> value
which is used to indicate that the pointer is not referring to any object
at all. In other words, null pointer values convey the notion of nonexistent
objects.
</p>
<p>
This meaning of the null pointer value allowed pointers to became a <span class="emphasis"><em>de
facto</em></span> standard for handling optional objects because all you
have to do to refer to a value which you don't really have is to use a
null pointer value of the appropriate type. Pointers have been used for
decades&#8212;from the days of C APIs to modern C++ libraries&#8212;to <span class="emphasis"><em>refer</em></span>
to optional (that is, possibly nonexistent) objects; particularly as optional
arguments to a function, but also quite often as optional data members.
</p>
<p>
The possible presence of a null pointer value makes the operations that
access the pointee's value possibly undefined, therefore, expressions which
use dereference and access operators, such as: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">p</span>
<span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">)</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">)</span></code>, implicitly convey the notion of optionality,
and this information is tied to the <span class="emphasis"><em>syntax</em></span> of the
expressions. That is, the presence of operators <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span></code>
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-&gt;</span></code> tell by themselves
&#8212;without any additional context&#8212; that the expression will be undefined
unless the implied pointee actually exist.
</p>
<p>
Such a <span class="emphasis"><em>de facto</em></span> idiom for referring to optional objects
can be formalized in the form of a concept: the <a href="../../../../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">OptionalPointee</span></code></a> concept. This
concept captures the syntactic usage of operators <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-&gt;</span></code> and contextual conversion
to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code> to convey the notion
of optionality.
</p>
<p>
However, pointers are good to <span class="underline">refer</span>
to optional objects, but not particularly good to handle the optional objects
in all other respects, such as initializing or moving/copying them. The
problem resides in the shallow-copy of pointer semantics: if you need to
effectively move or copy the object, pointers alone are not enough. The
problem is that copies of pointers do not imply copies of pointees. For
example, as was discussed in the motivation, pointers alone cannot be used
to return optional objects from a function because the object must move
outside from the function and into the caller's context.
</p>
<p>
A solution to the shallow-copy problem that is often used is to resort
to dynamic allocation and use a smart pointer to automatically handle the
details of this. For example, if a function is to optionally return an
object <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">X</span></code>, it can use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
as the return value. However, this requires dynamic allocation of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">X</span></code>. If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">X</span></code>
is a built-in or small POD, this technique is very poor in terms of required
resources. Optional objects are essentially values so it is very convenient
to be able to use automatic storage and deep-copy semantics to manipulate
optional values just as we do with ordinary values. Pointers do not have
this semantics, so are inappropriate for the initialization and transport
of optional values, yet are quite convenient for handling the access to
the possible undefined value because of the idiomatic aid present in the
<a href="../../../../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">OptionalPointee</span></code></a>
concept incarnated by pointers.
</p>
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<a name="boost_optional.tutorial.design_overview.the_interface.h1"></a>
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as a model of OptionalPointee</a>
</h6>
<p>
For value access operations <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code> uses operators <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span></code>
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-&gt;</span></code> to lexically warn
about the possibly uninitialized state appealing to the familiar pointer
semantics w.r.t. to null pointers.
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However, it is particularly important to note that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code> objects are not pointers. <span class="underline"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code> is not, and does not model, a
pointer</span>.
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<p>
For instance, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code> does not have shallow-copy so does
not alias: two different optionals never refer to the <span class="emphasis"><em>same</em></span>
value unless <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> itself is
a reference (but may have <span class="emphasis"><em>equivalent</em></span> values). The
difference between an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> and a pointer must be kept in mind,
particularly because the semantics of relational operators are different:
since <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
is a value-wrapper, relational operators are deep: they compare optional
values; but relational operators for pointers are shallow: they do not
compare pointee values. As a result, you might be able to replace <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span></code>
on some situations but not always. Specifically, on generic code written
for both, you cannot use relational operators directly, and must use the
template functions <a href="../../../../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html#equal" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">equal_pointees</span><span class="special">()</span></code></a>
and <a href="../../../../../../utility/OptionalPointee.html#less" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">less_pointees</span><span class="special">()</span></code></a>
instead.
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<p>
Objects of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> are intended to be used in places where
objects of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> would
but which might be uninitialized. Hence, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>'s purpose is to formalize the additional
possibly uninitialized state. From the perspective of this role, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
can have the same operational semantics of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
plus the additional semantics corresponding to this special state. As such,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
could be thought of as a <span class="emphasis"><em>supertype</em></span> of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>. Of course, we can't do that in C++,
so we need to compose the desired semantics using a different mechanism.
Doing it the other way around, that is, making <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> a <span class="emphasis"><em>subtype</em></span> of
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is not only conceptually
wrong but also impractical: it is not allowed to derive from a non-class
type, such as a built-in type.
</p>
<p>
We can draw from the purpose of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> the required basic semantics:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
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<span class="bold"><strong>Default Construction:</strong></span> To introduce
a formally uninitialized wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Construction via copy:</strong></span>
To introduce a formally initialized wrapped object whose value is obtained
as a copy of some object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Deep Copy Construction:</strong></span> To obtain
a new yet equivalent wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Assignment (upon initialized):</strong></span>
To assign a value to the wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Direct Value Assignment (upon uninitialized):</strong></span>
To initialize the wrapped object with a value obtained as a copy of
some object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Assignment (upon initialized):</strong></span> To
assign to the wrapped object the value of another wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Assignment (upon uninitialized):</strong></span> To
initialize the wrapped object with value of another wrapped object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Deep Relational Operations (when supported by
the type T):</strong></span> To compare wrapped object values taking into
account the presence of uninitialized states.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Value access:</strong></span> To unwrap the wrapped
object.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Initialization state query:</strong></span> To determine
if the object is formally initialized or not.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>Swap:</strong></span> To exchange wrapped objects.
(with whatever exception safety guarantees are provided by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s swap).
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="bold"><strong>De-initialization:</strong></span> To release the
wrapped object (if any) and leave the wrapper in the uninitialized
state.
</li>
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Additional operations are useful, such as converting constructors and converting
assignments, in-place construction and assignment, and safe value access
via a pointer to the wrapped object or null.
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<p>
This library assumes that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
destructor does not throw exceptions. If it does, the behaviour of many operations
on <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> is
undefined.
</p>
<p>
The following mutating operations never throw exceptions:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span>
<span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">reset</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span></code>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
In addition, the following constructors and the destructor never throw exceptions:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="keyword">noexcept</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="keyword">noexcept</span></code>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Regarding the following assignment functions:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>
<span class="special">)</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>
<span class="special">)</span> </code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">reset</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span></code>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
They forward calls to the corresponding <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
constructors or assignments (depending on whether the optional object is
initialized or not); so if both <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
constructor and the assignment provide strong exception safety guarantee,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>'s
assignment also provides strong exception safety guarantee; otherwise we
only get the basic guarantee. Additionally, if both involved <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s constructor and the assignment never
throw, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>'s
assignment also never throws.
</p>
<p>
Unless <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s constructor or
assignment throws, assignments to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
do not throw anything else on its own. A throw during assignment never changes
the initialization state of any optional object involved:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">opt1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">val1</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">opt2</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">val2</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">opt1</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">opt2</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="keyword">try</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">opt1</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">opt2</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// throws</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="keyword">catch</span><span class="special">(...)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">opt1</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">opt2</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
This also applies to move assignments/constructors. However, move operations
are made no-throw more often.
</p>
<p>
Operation <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">emplace</span></code> provides
basic exception safety guarantee. If it throws, the optional object becomes
uninitialized regardless of its initial state, and its previous contained
value (if any) is destroyed. It doesn't call any assignment or move/copy
constructor on <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>.
</p>
<h5>
<a name="boost_optional.tutorial.exception_safety_guarantees.h0"></a>
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</h5>
<p>
Unless <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code> on optional is
customized, its primary implementation forwards calls to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code> or move constructor
(depending on the initialization state of the optional objects). Thus, if
both <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code>
and move constructor never throw, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code>
on <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> never
throws. similarly, if both <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code> and move constructor
offer strong guarantee, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code>
on <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> also
offers a strong guarantee.
</p>
<p>
In case <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code> on optional
is customized, the call to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
move constructor are replaced with the calls to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
default constructor followed by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code>.
(This is more useful on older compilers that do not support move semantics,
when one wants to acheive stronger exception safety guarantees.) In this
case the exception safety guarantees for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code>
are reliant on the guarantees of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>'s
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">swap</span></code> and default constructor
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<p>
One of the typical problems with wrappers and containers is that their interfaces
usually provide an operation to initialize or assign the contained object
as a copy of some other object. This not only requires the underlying type
to be <a href="../../../../../utility/CopyConstructible.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">CopyConstructible</span></code></a>, but also requires
the existence of a fully constructed object, often temporary, just to follow
the copy from:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">X</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Temporary object created.</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
A solution to this problem is to support direct construction of the contained
object right in the container's storage. In this scheme, the user only needs
to supply the arguments to the constructor to use in the wrapped object construction.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place</span>
<span class="comment">// No temporary created.</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
A limitation of this method is that it doesn't scale well to wrapped objects
with multiple constructors nor to generic code were the constructor overloads
are unknown.
</p>
<p>
The solution presented in this library is the family of <span class="bold"><strong>InPlaceFactories</strong></span>
and <span class="bold"><strong>TypedInPlaceFactories</strong></span>. These factories
are a family of classes which encapsulate an increasing number of arbitrary
constructor parameters and supply a method to construct an object of a given
type using those parameters at an address specified by the user via placement
new.
</p>
<p>
For example, one member of this family looks like:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="identifier">m_a0</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span> <span class="identifier">m_a1</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A1</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">a1</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">m_a0</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">m_a1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">construct</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">new</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">m_a0</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">m_a1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
<p>
A wrapper class aware of this can use it as:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">construct</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a TypedInPlaceFactory.</span>
<span class="comment">// No temporary created.</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory2</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
The factories are divided in two groups:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="underline">TypedInPlaceFactories</span>: those which
take the target type as a primary template parameter.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="underline">InPlaceFactories</span>: those with a
template <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">construct</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">*)</span></code>
member function taking the target type.
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Within each group, all the family members differ only in the number of parameters
allowed.
</p>
<p>
This library provides an overloaded set of helper template functions to construct
these factories without requiring unnecessary template parameters:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">InPlaceFactoryN</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">...,</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactoryN</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">A0</span><span class="special">,...,</span><span class="identifier">AN</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">A0</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">a0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">...,</span> <span class="identifier">AN</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">aN</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
<p>
In-place factories can be used generically by the wrapper and user as follows:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">W</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">fac</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">&gt;</span><span class="identifier">construct</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">wrapped_</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="comment">// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a InPlaceFactory.</span>
<span class="comment">// No temporary created.</span>
<span class="identifier">W</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">in_place</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<p>
The factories are implemented in the headers: <a href="../../../../../../boost/utility/in_place_factory.hpp" target="_top">in_place_factory.hpp</a>
and <a href="../../../../../../boost/utility/typed_in_place_factory.hpp" target="_top">typed_in_place_factory.hpp</a>
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<p>
Consider these functions which should return a value but which might not
have a value to return:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
(A) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">sqrt</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">n</span> <span class="special">);</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
(B) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">();</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
(C) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">point</span> <span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span></code>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
There are different approaches to the issue of not having a value to return.
</p>
<p>
A typical approach is to consider the existence of a valid return value as
a postcondition, so that if the function cannot compute the value to return,
it has either undefined behavior (and can use assert in a debug build) or
uses a runtime check and throws an exception if the postcondition is violated.
This is a reasonable choice for example, for function (A), because the lack
of a proper return value is directly related to an invalid parameter (out
of domain argument), so it is appropriate to require the callee to supply
only parameters in a valid domain for execution to continue normally.
</p>
<p>
However, function (B), because of its asynchronous nature, does not fail
just because it can't find a value to return; so it is incorrect to consider
such a situation an error and assert or throw an exception. This function
must return, and somehow, must tell the callee that it is not returning a
meaningful value.
</p>
<p>
A similar situation occurs with function (C): it is conceptually an error
to ask a <span class="emphasis"><em>null-area</em></span> polygon to return a point inside
itself, but in many applications, it is just impractical for performance
reasons to treat this as an error (because detecting that the polygon has
no area might be too expensive to be required to be tested previously), and
either an arbitrary point (typically at infinity) is returned, or some efficient
way to tell the callee that there is no such point is used.
</p>
<p>
There are various mechanisms to let functions communicate that the returned
value is not valid. One such mechanism, which is quite common since it has
zero or negligible overhead, is to use a special value which is reserved
to communicate this. Classical examples of such special values are <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EOF</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">npos</span></code>,
points at infinity, etc...
</p>
<p>
When those values exist, i.e. the return type can hold all meaningful values
<span class="emphasis"><em>plus</em></span> the <span class="emphasis"><em>signal</em></span> value, this mechanism
is quite appropriate and well known. Unfortunately, there are cases when
such values do not exist. In these cases, the usual alternative is either
to use a wider type, such as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>
in place of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span></code>; or a compound
type, such as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
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<p>
Returning a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>, thus attaching a boolean flag to the
result which indicates if the result is meaningful, has the advantage that
can be turned into a consistent idiom since the first element of the pair
can be whatever the function would conceptually return. For example, the
last two functions could have the following interface:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
</pre>
<p>
These functions use a consistent interface for dealing with possibly nonexistent
results:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">second</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">flood_fill</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
However, not only is this quite a burden syntactically, it is also error
prone since the user can easily use the function result (first element of
the pair) without ever checking if it has a valid value.
</p>
<p>
Clearly, we need a better idiom.
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<p>
This library allows the template parameter <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
to be of reference type: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span></code>, and to some extent, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span>
<span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span></code>.
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However, since references are not real objects some restrictions apply and
some operations are not available in this case:
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Converting assignment
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InPlace construction
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Also, even though <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span></code>
treats it wrapped pseudo-object much as a real value, a true real reference
is stored so aliasing will ocurr:
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Copies of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span></code>
will copy the references but all these references will nonetheless refer
to the same object.
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On compilers that do not conform to Standard C++ rules of reference binding,
operations on optional references might give adverse results: rather than
binding a reference to a designated object they may create an unexpected
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references</a>
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Rvalue references and lvalue references to const have the ability in C++
to extend the life time of a temporary they bind to. Optional references
do not have this capability, therefore to avoid surprising effects it is
not possible to initialize an optional references from a temporary. Optional
rvalue references are disabled altogether. Also, the initialization and assignment
of an optional reference to const from rvalue reference is disabled.
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// legal</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">oi</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// illegal</span>
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<p>
If you assign to an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized </em></span> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span></code>
the effect is to bind (for the first time) to the object. Clearly, there
is no other choice.
</p>
<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>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rx</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">ora</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">orb</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<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>
<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>
<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>
</pre>
<p>
If you assign to a bare C++ reference, the assignment is forwarded to the
referenced object; its value changes but the reference is never rebound.
</p>
<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>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">ra</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rb</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<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>
<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>
<span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<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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<p>
Now, if you assign to an <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized </em></span> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span></code>,
the effect is to <span class="bold"><strong>rebind</strong></span> to the new object
instead of assigning the referee. This is unlike bare C++ references.
</p>
<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>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">ra</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rb</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">ora</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ra</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">orb</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rb</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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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<p>
Rebinding semantics for the assignment of <span class="emphasis"><em>initialized </em></span>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span></code> references has been
chosen to provide <span class="bold"><strong>consistency among initialization
states</strong></span> even at the expense of lack of consistency with the semantics
of bare C++ references. It is true that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
strives to behave as much as possible as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">U</span></code>
does whenever it is initialized; but in the case when <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">U</span></code>
is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span></code>,
doing so would result in inconsistent behavior w.r.t to the lvalue initialization
state.
</p>
<p>
Imagine <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span></code>
forwarding assignment to the referenced object (thus changing the referenced
object value but not rebinding), and consider the following code:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rx</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">rx</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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<p>
What does the assignment do?
</p>
<p>
If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code> is <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized</em></span>,
the answer is clear: it binds to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">x</span></code>
(we now have another reference to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">x</span></code>).
But what if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code> is already
<span class="emphasis"><em>initialized</em></span>? it would change the value of the referenced
object (whatever that is); which is inconsistent with the other possible
case.
</p>
<p>
If <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span></code>
would assign just like <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span></code> does, you would never be able to use
Optional's assignment without explicitly handling the previous initialization
state unless your code is capable of functioning whether after the assignment,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code> aliases the same object
as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">b</span></code> or not.
</p>
<p>
That is, you would have to discriminate in order to be consistent.
</p>
<p>
If in your code rebinding to another object is not an option, then it is
very likely that binding for the first time isn't either. In such case, assignment
to an <span class="emphasis"><em>uninitialized </em></span> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span></code>
shall be prohibited. It is quite possible that in such a scenario it is a
precondition that the lvalue must be already initialized. If it isn't, then
binding for the first time is OK while rebinding is not which is IMO very
unlikely. In such a scenario, you can assign the value itself directly, as
in:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(!!</span><span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">);</span>
<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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Type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> is
<a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/EqualityComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EqualityComparable</span></code></a> whenever <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/EqualityComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EqualityComparable</span></code></a>. Two optional
objects containing a value compare in the same as their contained values.
The uninitialized state of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
is treated as a distinct value, equal to itself, and unequal to any value
of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">oN</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">o0</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">o1</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oN</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="identifier">o0</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o1</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="identifier">oN</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o2</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="identifier">o1</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oN</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">oN</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o0</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">o0</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
The converting constructor from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
as well as from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span></code> implies the existence and semantics
of the mixed comparison between <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> as
well as between <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">none_t</span></code> and
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optionl</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oN</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o1</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o2</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oN</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o0</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
This mixed comparison has a practical interpretation, which is occasionally
useful:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">choice</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">ask_user</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">choice</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">2</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">start_procedure_2</span><span class="special">();</span>
</pre>
<p>
In the above example, the meaning of the comparison is 'user chose number
2'. If user chose nothing, he didn't choose number 2.
</p>
<p>
In case where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> is
compared to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">none</span></code>, it is not
required that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> be <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/EqualityComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EqualityComparable</span></code></a>.
</p>
<p>
In a similar manner, type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
is <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/LessThanComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">LessThanComparable</span></code></a> whenever <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/LessThanComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">LessThanComparable</span></code></a>. The optional
object containing no value is compared less than any value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>. To illustrate this, if the default ordering
of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">size_t</span></code> is {<code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">1</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">2</span></code>, ...}, the default ordering
of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
is {<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">1</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">2</span></code>,
...}. This order does not have a practical interpretation. The goal is to
have any semantically correct default ordering in order for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> to
be usable in ordered associative containers (wherever <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
is usable).
</p>
<p>
Mixed relational operators are the only case where the contained value of
an optional object can be inspected without the usage of value accessing
function (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">*</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">value</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">value_or</span></code>).
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<p>
The very minimum requirement of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;();</span>
</pre>
<p>
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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
<p>
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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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>
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<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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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>
<p>
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">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</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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<p>
It is recommended to use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
in situations where there is exactly one, clear (to all parties) reason for
having no value of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
and where the lack of value is as natural as having any regular value of
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>. One example of such situation
is asking the user in some GUI form to optionally specify some limit on an
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code> value, but the user is allowed
to say 'I want the number not to be constrained by the maximum'. For another
example, consider a config parameter specifying how many threads the application
should launch. Leaving this parameter unspecified means that the application
should decide itself. For yet another example, consider a function returning
the index of the smallest element in a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">vector</span></code>.
We need to be prepared for the situation, where the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">vector</span></code>
is empty. Therefore a natural signature for such function would be:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">find_smallest_elem</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">vec</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<p>
Here, having received an empty <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">vec</span></code>
and having no <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">size_t</span></code> to return
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<span class="identifier">expected</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">ErrorT</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">convert2</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// return either optional or error</span>
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Class template <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span></code> is
a wrapper for representing 'optional' (or 'nullable') objects who may not (yet)
contain a valid value. Optional objects offer full value semantics; they are
good for passing by value and usage inside STL containers. This is a header-only
library.
Consider these functions which should return a value but which might not have
a value to return:
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<span class="special">);</span></code>
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Suppose we want to read a parameter form a config file which represents some
integral value, let's call it <code class="computeroutput"><span class="string">"MaxValue"</span></code>.
It is possible that this parameter is not specified; such situation is no error.
It is valid to not specify the parameter and in that case the program is supposed
to behave slightly different. Also suppose that any possible value of type
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code> is a valid value for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="string">"MaxValue"</span></code>, so we cannot jut use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-</span><span class="number">1</span></code> to represent
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This is how you solve it with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span></code>:
A typical approach is to consider the existence of a valid return value as
a postcondition, so that if the function cannot compute the value to return,
it has either undefined behavior (and can use assert in a debug build) or uses
a runtime check and throws an exception if the postcondition is violated. This
is a reasonable choice for example, for function (A), because the lack of a
proper return value is directly related to an invalid parameter (out of domain
argument), so it is appropriate to require the callee to supply only parameters
in a valid domain for execution to continue normally.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</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">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">getConfigParam</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// return either an int or a `not-an-int`</span>
<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">oi</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">getConfigParam</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"MaxValue"</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="comment">// did I get a real int?</span>
<span class="identifier">runWithMax</span><span class="special">(*</span><span class="identifier">oi</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// use my int</span>
<span class="keyword">else</span>
<span class="identifier">runWithNoMax</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<p>
However, function (B), because of its asynchronous nature, does not fail just
because it can't find a value to return; so it is incorrect to consider such
a situation an error and assert or throw an exception. This function must return,
and somehow, must tell the callee that it is not returning a meaningful value.
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A similar situation occurs with function (C): it is conceptually an error to
ask a <span class="emphasis"><em>null-area</em></span> polygon to return a point inside itself,
but in many applications, it is just impractical for performance reasons to
treat this as an error (because detecting that the polygon has no area might
be too expensive to be required to be tested previously), and either an arbitrary
point (typically at infinity) is returned, or some efficient way to tell the
callee that there is no such point is used.
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<p>
There are various mechanisms to let functions communicate that the returned
value is not valid. One such mechanism, which is quite common since it has
zero or negligible overhead, is to use a special value which is reserved to
communicate this. Classical examples of such special values are <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EOF</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">npos</span></code>, points
at infinity, etc...
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When those values exist, i.e. the return type can hold all meaningful values
<span class="emphasis"><em>plus</em></span> the <span class="emphasis"><em>signal</em></span> value, this mechanism
is quite appropriate and well known. Unfortunately, there are cases when such
values do not exist. In these cases, the usual alternative is either to use
a wider type, such as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code> in place
of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span></code>; or a compound type, such
as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
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Returning a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>, thus attaching a boolean flag to the result
which indicates if the result is meaningful, has the advantage that can be
turned into a consistent idiom since the first element of the pair can be whatever
the function would conceptually return. For example, the last two functions
could have the following interface:
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
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These functions use a consistent interface for dealing with possibly inexistent
results:
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<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">second</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">flood_fill</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">);</span>
</pre>
<p>
However, not only is this quite a burden syntactically, it is also error prone
since the user can easily use the function result (first element of the pair)
without ever checking if it has a valid value.
</p>
<p>
Clearly, we need a better idiom.
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<pre class="programlisting"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="comment">// In Header: &lt;</span></code><a href="../../../../../boost/optional/optional.hpp" target="_top">boost/optional/optional.hpp</a><span class="comment">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span> <span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span> <span class="special">:</span>
<span class="comment">// (If T is of reference type, the parameters and results by reference are by value)</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_none_t"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_move_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// [new in 1.34]</span>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">condition</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_bool_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="emphasis"><em>see below</em></span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_move_constructor_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_move_constructor_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_constructor_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_none_t"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_move_equal_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="emphasis"><em>see below</em></span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_move_equal_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">rhs</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_move_equal_other_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span><span class="special">...</span> <span class="identifier">Args</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">emplace</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">Args</span><span class="special">...&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">args</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_emplace"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">InPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">TypedInPlaceFactory</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_equal_factory"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">-&gt;()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_arrow"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">-&gt;()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_arrow"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">*()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_asterisk"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">*()</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_asterisk"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">*()</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_asterisk_move"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value_move"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">value_or</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value_or"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">value_or</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value_or_move"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">value_or_eval</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">F</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value_or_call"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">value_or_eval</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">F</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_value_or_call_move"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_ptr</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_ptr</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">explicit</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_bool"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">!()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_operator_not"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// deprecated methods</span>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">reset</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_reset"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">reset</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_reset_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">is_initialized</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_is_initialized"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="comment">// (deprecated)</span>
<span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get_value_or</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">default</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_value_or_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="special">};</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_not_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_less_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_greater_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&lt;=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_less_or_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">&gt;=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_greater_or_equal_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_equal_optional_none"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">none_t</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_operator_compare_not_equal_optional_none"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">make_optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_make_optional_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">make_optional</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">condition</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_make_optional_bool_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get_optional_value_or</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">default</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_value_or_value"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;*</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_pointer</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">get_pointer</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">opt</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_optional_get_ptr"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">inline</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">swap</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">;</span> <a class="link" href="../boost_optional/reference/detailed_semantics.html#reference_swap_optional_optional"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/callouts/R.png" alt="R"></span></a>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="comment">// namespace boost</span>
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<p>
Consider these functions which should return a value but which might not
have a value to return:
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(A) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">sqrt</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">n</span> <span class="special">);</span></code>
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(B) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">();</span></code>
</li>
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(C) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">point</span> <span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span></code>
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There are different approaches to the issue of not having a value to return.
</p>
<p>
A typical approach is to consider the existence of a valid return value as
a postcondition, so that if the function cannot compute the value to return,
it has either undefined behavior (and can use assert in a debug build) or
uses a runtime check and throws an exception if the postcondition is violated.
This is a reasonable choice for example, for function (A), because the lack
of a proper return value is directly related to an invalid parameter (out
of domain argument), so it is appropriate to require the callee to supply
only parameters in a valid domain for execution to continue normally.
</p>
<p>
However, function (B), because of its asynchronous nature, does not fail
just because it can't find a value to return; so it is incorrect to consider
such a situation an error and assert or throw an exception. This function
must return, and somehow, must tell the callee that it is not returning a
meaningful value.
</p>
<p>
A similar situation occurs with function (C): it is conceptually an error
to ask a <span class="emphasis"><em>null-area</em></span> polygon to return a point inside
itself, but in many applications, it is just impractical for performance
reasons to treat this as an error (because detecting that the polygon has
no area might be too expensive to be required to be tested previously), and
either an arbitrary point (typically at infinity) is returned, or some efficient
way to tell the callee that there is no such point is used.
</p>
<p>
There are various mechanisms to let functions communicate that the returned
value is not valid. One such mechanism, which is quite common since it has
zero or negligible overhead, is to use a special value which is reserved
to communicate this. Classical examples of such special values are <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EOF</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">npos</span></code>,
points at infinity, etc...
</p>
<p>
When those values exist, i.e. the return type can hold all meaningful values
<span class="emphasis"><em>plus</em></span> the <span class="emphasis"><em>signal</em></span> value, this mechanism
is quite appropriate and well known. Unfortunately, there are cases when
such values do not exist. In these cases, the usual alternative is either
to use a wider type, such as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">int</span></code>
in place of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span></code>; or a compound
type, such as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
Returning a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>, thus attaching a boolean flag to the
result which indicates if the result is meaningful, has the advantage that
can be turned into a consistent idiom since the first element of the pair
can be whatever the function would conceptually return. For example, the
last two functions could have the following interface:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">get_async_input</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">polygon</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
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<p>
These functions use a consistent interface for dealing with possibly nonexistent
results:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get_any_point_effectively_inside</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">second</span> <span class="special">)</span>
<span class="identifier">flood_fill</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<p>
However, not only is this quite a burden syntactically, it is also error
prone since the user can easily use the function result (first element of
the pair) without ever checking if it has a valid value.
</p>
<p>
Clearly, we need a better idiom.
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Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
]
[#optional_implementation_notes]
[section Implementation Notes]
`optional<T>` is currently implemented using a custom aligned storage facility
built from `alignment_of` and `type_with_alignment` (both from Type Traits). It
uses a separate boolean flag to indicate the initialization state.
Placement new with `T`'s copy constructor and `T`'s destructor are explicitly used
to initialize,copy and destroy optional values.
As a result, `T`'s default constructor is effectively by-passed, but the exception
guarantees are basic.
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Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal
Copyright (c) 2014 Andrzej Krzemienski
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
[library Boost.Optional
[quickbook 1.4]
[authors [Cacciola Carballal, Fernando Luis]]
[copyright 2003-2007 Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal]
[category miscellaneous]
[id optional]
[dirname optional]
[purpose
Discriminated-union wrapper for optional values
]
[source-mode c++]
[license
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
[@http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt])
]
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[section Motivation]
Consider these functions which should return a value but which might not have
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std::pair<char,bool> get_async_input();
std::pair<point,bool> polygon::get_any_point_effectively_inside();
These functions use a consistent interface for dealing with possibly nonexistent
These functions use a consistent interface for dealing with possibly inexistent
results:
std::pair<point,bool> p = poly.get_any_point_effectively_inside();
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Clearly, we need a better idiom.
[endsect]
[include development.qbk]
[include reference.qbk]
[include examples.qbk]
[include special_cases.qbk]
[include implementation_notes.qbk]
[include dependencies.qbk]
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Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
]
[section Synopsis]
namespace boost {
template<class T>
class optional
{
public :
// (If T is of reference type, the parameters and results by reference are by value)
optional () ; ``[link reference_optional_constructor __GO_TO__]``
optional ( none_t ) ; ``[link reference_optional_constructor_none_t __GO_TO__]``
optional ( T const& v ) ; ``[link reference_optional_constructor_value __GO_TO__]``
// [new in 1.34]
optional ( bool condition, T const& v ) ; ``[link reference_optional_constructor_bool_value __GO_TO__]``
optional ( optional const& rhs ) ; ``[link reference_optional_constructor_optional __GO_TO__]``
template<class U> explicit optional ( optional<U> const& rhs ) ; ``[link reference_optional_constructor_other_optional __GO_TO__]``
template<class InPlaceFactory> explicit optional ( InPlaceFactory const& f ) ; ``[link reference_optional_constructor_factory __GO_TO__]``
template<class TypedInPlaceFactory> explicit optional ( TypedInPlaceFactory const& f ) ; ``[link reference_optional_constructor_factory __GO_TO__]``
optional& operator = ( none_t ) ; ``[/[link reference_optional_operator_equal_none_t __GO_TO__]]``
optional& operator = ( T const& v ) ; ``[link reference_optional_operator_equal_value __GO_TO__]``
optional& operator = ( optional const& rhs ) ; ``[link reference_optional_operator_equal_optional __GO_TO__]``
template<class U> optional& operator = ( optional<U> const& rhs ) ; ``[link reference_optional_operator_equal_other_optional __GO_TO__]``
template<class InPlaceFactory> optional& operator = ( InPlaceFactory const& f ) ; ``[/[link reference_optional_operator_equal_factory __GO_TO__]]``
template<class TypedInPlaceFactory> optional& operator = ( TypedInPlaceFactory const& f ) ; ``[/[link reference_optional_operator_equal_factory __GO_TO__]]``
T const& get() const ; ``[link reference_optional_get __GO_TO__]``
T& get() ; ``[link reference_optional_get __GO_TO__]``
// [new in 1.34]
T const& get_value_or( T const& default ) const ; ``[link reference_optional_get_value_or_value __GO_TO__]``
T const* operator ->() const ; ``[link reference_optional_operator_arrow __GO_TO__]``
T* operator ->() ; ``[link reference_optional_operator_arrow __GO_TO__]``
T const& operator *() const ; ``[link reference_optional_get __GO_TO__]``
T& operator *() ; ``[link reference_optional_get __GO_TO__]``
T const* get_ptr() const ; ``[link reference_optional_get_ptr __GO_TO__]``
T* get_ptr() ; ``[link reference_optional_get_ptr __GO_TO__]``
operator unspecified-bool-type() const ; ``[link reference_optional_operator_bool __GO_TO__]``
bool operator!() const ; ``[link reference_optional_operator_not __GO_TO__]``
// deprecated methods
// (deprecated)
void reset() ; ``[link reference_optional_reset __GO_TO__]``
// (deprecated)
void reset ( T const& ) ; ``[link reference_optional_reset_value __GO_TO__]``
// (deprecated)
bool is_initialized() const ; ``[link reference_optional_is_initialized __GO_TO__]``
};
template<class T> inline bool operator == ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y ) ; ``[link reference_operator_compare_equal_optional_optional __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline bool operator != ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y ) ; ``[link reference_operator_compare_not_equal_optional_optional __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline bool operator < ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y ) ; ``[link reference_operator_compare_less_optional_optional __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline bool operator > ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y ) ; ``[link reference_operator_compare_greater_optional_optional __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline bool operator <= ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y ) ; ``[link reference_operator_compare_less_or_equal_optional_optional __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline bool operator >= ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y ) ; ``[link reference_operator_compare_greater_or_equal_optional_optional __GO_TO__]``
// [new in 1.34]
template<class T> inline optional<T> make_optional ( T const& v ) ; ``[link reference_make_optional_value __GO_TO__]``
// [new in 1.34]
template<class T> inline optional<T> make_optional ( bool condition, T const& v ) ; ``[link reference_make_optional_bool_value __GO_TO__]``
// [new in 1.34]
template<class T> inline T const& get_optional_value_or ( optional<T> const& opt, T const& default ) ; ``[link reference_optional_get_value_or_value __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline T const& get ( optional<T> const& opt ) ; ``[link reference_optional_get __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline T& get ( optional<T> & opt ) ; ``[link reference_optional_get __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline T const* get ( optional<T> const* opt ) ; ``[link reference_optional_get __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline T* get ( optional<T>* opt ) ; ``[link reference_optional_get __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline T const* get_pointer ( optional<T> const& opt ) ; ``[link reference_optional_get_ptr __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline T* get_pointer ( optional<T> & opt ) ; ``[link reference_optional_get_ptr __GO_TO__]``
template<class T> inline void swap( optional<T>& x, optional<T>& y ) ; ``[link reference_swap_optional_optional __GO_TO__]``
} // namespace boost
[endsect]
[section Detailed Semantics]
Because `T` might be of reference type, in the sequel, those entries whose
semantic depends on `T` being of reference type or not will be distinguished
using the following convention:
* If the entry reads: `optional<T`['(not a ref)]`>`, the description
corresponds only to the case where `T` is not of reference type.
* If the entry reads: `optional<T&>`, the description corresponds only to
the case where `T` is of reference type.
* If the entry reads: `optional<T>`, the description is the same for both
cases.
[note
The following section contains various `assert()` which are used only to show
the postconditions as sample code. It is not implied that the type `T` must
support each particular expression but that if the expression is supported,
the implied condition holds.
]
__SPACE__
[heading optional class member functions]
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_constructor]
[: `optional<T>::optional();`]
* [*Effect:] Default-Constructs an `optional`.
* [*Postconditions:] `*this` is [_uninitialized].
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* Notes: T's default constructor [_is not] called.
* [*Example:]
``
optional<T> def ;
assert ( !def ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_constructor_none_t]
[: `optional<T>::optional( none_t );`]
* [*Effect:] Constructs an `optional` uninitialized.
* [*Postconditions:] `*this` is [_uninitialized].
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Notes:] `T`'s default constructor [_is not] called. The expression
`boost::none` denotes an instance of `boost::none_t` that can be used as
the parameter.
* [*Example:]
``
#include <boost/none.hpp>
optional<T> n(none) ;
assert ( !n ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_constructor_value]
[: `optional<T `['(not a ref)]`>::optional( T const& v )`]
* [*Effect:] Directly-Constructs an `optional`.
* [*Postconditions:] `*this` is [_initialized] and its value is a['copy]
of `v`.
* [*Throws:] Whatever `T::T( T const& )` throws.
* [*Notes: ] `T::T( T const& )` is called.
* [*Exception Safety:] Exceptions can only be thrown during
`T::T( T const& );` in that case, this constructor has no effect.
* [*Example:]
``
T v;
optional<T> opt(v);
assert ( *opt == v ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[: `optional<T&>::optional( T& ref )`]
* [*Effect:] Directly-Constructs an `optional`.
* [*Postconditions:] `*this` is [_initialized] and its value is an instance
of an internal type wrapping the reference `ref`.
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Example:]
``
T v;
T& vref = v ;
optional<T&> opt(vref);
assert ( *opt == v ) ;
++ v ; // mutate referee
assert (*opt == v);
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_constructor_bool_value]
[: `optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::optional( bool condition, T const& v ) ;` ]
[: `optional<T&> ::optional( bool condition, T& v ) ;` ]
* If condition is true, same as:
[: `optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::optional( T const& v )`]
[: `optional<T&> ::optional( T& v )`]
* otherwise, same as:
[: `optional<T ['(not a ref)]>::optional()`]
[: `optional<T&> ::optional()`]
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_constructor_optional]
[: `optional<T `['(not a ref)]`>::optional( optional const& rhs );`]
* [*Effect:] Copy-Constructs an `optional`.
* [*Postconditions:] If rhs is initialized, `*this` is initialized and
its value is a ['copy] of the value of `rhs`; else `*this` is uninitialized.
* [*Throws:] Whatever `T::T( T const& )` throws.
* [*Notes:] If rhs is initialized, `T::T(T const& )` is called.
* [*Exception Safety:] Exceptions can only be thrown during
`T::T( T const& );` in that case, this constructor has no effect.
* [*Example:]
``
optional<T> uninit ;
assert (!uninit);
optional<T> uinit2 ( uninit ) ;
assert ( uninit2 == uninit );
optional<T> init( T(2) );
assert ( *init == T(2) ) ;
optional<T> init2 ( init ) ;
assert ( init2 == init ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[: `optional<T&>::optional( optional const& rhs );`]
* [*Effect:] Copy-Constructs an `optional`.
* [*Postconditions:] If `rhs` is initialized, `*this` is initialized and its
value is another reference to the same object referenced by `*rhs`; else
`*this` is uninitialized.
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Notes:] If `rhs` is initialized, both `*this` and `*rhs` will reefer to the
same object (they alias).
* [*Example:]
``
optional<T&> uninit ;
assert (!uninit);
optional<T&> uinit2 ( uninit ) ;
assert ( uninit2 == uninit );
T v = 2 ; T& ref = v ;
optional<T> init(ref);
assert ( *init == v ) ;
optional<T> init2 ( init ) ;
assert ( *init2 == v ) ;
v = 3 ;
assert ( *init == 3 ) ;
assert ( *init2 == 3 ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_constructor_other_optional]
[: `template<U> explicit optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::optional( optional<U> const& rhs );`]
* [*Effect:] Copy-Constructs an `optional`.
* [*Postconditions:] If `rhs` is initialized, `*this` is initialized and its
value is a ['copy] of the value of rhs converted to type `T`; else `*this` is
uninitialized.
* [*Throws:] Whatever `T::T( U const& )` throws.
* [*Notes: ] `T::T( U const& )` is called if `rhs` is initialized, which requires a
valid conversion from `U` to `T`.
* [*Exception Safety:] Exceptions can only be thrown during `T::T( U const& );`
in that case, this constructor has no effect.
* [*Example:]
``
optional<double> x(123.4);
assert ( *x == 123.4 ) ;
optional<int> y(x) ;
assert( *y == 123 ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_constructor_factory]
[: `template<InPlaceFactory> explicit optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::optional( InPlaceFactory const& f );`]
[: `template<TypedInPlaceFactory> explicit optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::optional( TypedInPlaceFactory const& f );`]
* [*Effect:] Constructs an `optional` with a value of `T` obtained from the
factory.
* [*Postconditions: ] `*this` is [_initialized] and its value is ['directly given]
from the factory `f` (i.e., the value [_is not copied]).
* [*Throws:] Whatever the `T` constructor called by the factory throws.
* [*Notes:] See [link optional_in_place_factories In-Place Factories]
* [*Exception Safety:] Exceptions can only be thrown during the call to
the `T` constructor used by the factory; in that case, this constructor has
no effect.
* [*Example:]
``
class C { C ( char, double, std::string ) ; } ;
C v('A',123.4,"hello");
optional<C> x( in_place ('A', 123.4, "hello") ); // InPlaceFactory used
optional<C> y( in_place<C>('A', 123.4, "hello") ); // TypedInPlaceFactory used
assert ( *x == v ) ;
assert ( *y == v ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_operator_equal_value]
[: `optional& optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::operator= ( T const& rhs ) ;`]
* [*Effect:] Assigns the value `rhs` to an `optional`.
* [*Postconditions: ] `*this` is initialized and its value is a ['copy] of `rhs`.
* [*Throws:] Whatever `T::operator=( T const& )` or `T::T(T const&)` throws.
* [*Notes:] If `*this` was initialized, `T`'s assignment operator is used,
otherwise, its copy-constructor is used.
* [*Exception Safety:] In the event of an exception, the initialization
state of `*this` is unchanged and its value unspecified as far as `optional`
is concerned (it is up to `T`'s `operator=()`). If `*this` is initially
uninitialized and `T`'s ['copy constructor] fails, `*this` is left properly
uninitialized.
* [*Example:]
``
T x;
optional<T> def ;
optional<T> opt(x) ;
T y;
def = y ;
assert ( *def == y ) ;
opt = y ;
assert ( *opt == y ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[: `optional<T&>& optional<T&>::operator= ( T& const& rhs ) ;`]
* [*Effect:] (Re)binds thee wrapped reference.
* [*Postconditions: ] `*this` is initialized and it references the same
object referenced by `rhs`.
* [*Notes:] If `*this` was initialized, is is ['rebound] to the new object.
See [link optional_refassign here] for details on this behavior.
* [*Example:]
``
int a = 1 ;
int b = 2 ;
T& ra = a ;
T& rb = b ;
optional<int&> def ;
optional<int&> opt(ra) ;
def = rb ; // binds 'def' to 'b' through 'rb'
assert ( *def == b ) ;
*def = a ; // changes the value of 'b' to a copy of the value of 'a'
assert ( b == a ) ;
int c = 3;
int& rc = c ;
opt = rc ; // REBINDS to 'c' through 'rc'
c = 4 ;
assert ( *opt == 4 ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_operator_equal_optional]
[: `optional& optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::operator= ( optional const& rhs ) ;`]
* [*Effect:] Assigns another `optional` to an `optional`.
* [*Postconditions:] If `rhs` is initialized, `*this` is initialized and
its value is a ['copy] of the value of `rhs`; else `*this` is uninitialized.
* [*Throws:] Whatever `T::operator( T const&)` or `T::T( T const& )` throws.
* [*Notes:] If both `*this` and `rhs` are initially initialized, `T`'s
['assignment operator] is used. If `*this` is initially initialized but `rhs` is
uninitialized, `T`'s [destructor] is called. If `*this` is initially uninitialized
but `rhs` is initialized, `T`'s ['copy constructor] is called.
* [*Exception Safety:] In the event of an exception, the initialization state of
`*this` is unchanged and its value unspecified as far as optional is concerned
(it is up to `T`'s `operator=()`). If `*this` is initially uninitialized and
`T`'s ['copy constructor] fails, `*this` is left properly uninitialized.
* [*Example:]
``
T v;
optional<T> opt(v);
optional<T> def ;
opt = def ;
assert ( !def ) ;
// previous value (copy of 'v') destroyed from within 'opt'.
``
__SPACE__
[: `optional<T&> & optional<T&>::operator= ( optional<T&> const& rhs ) ;`]
* [*Effect:] (Re)binds thee wrapped reference.
* [*Postconditions:] If `*rhs` is initialized, `*this` is initialized and it
references the same object referenced by `*rhs`; otherwise, `*this` is
uninitialized (and references no object).
* [*Notes:] If `*this` was initialized and so is *rhs, this is is ['rebound] to
the new object. See [link optional_refassign here] for details on this behavior.
* [*Example:]
``
int a = 1 ;
int b = 2 ;
T& ra = a ;
T& rb = b ;
optional<int&> def ;
optional<int&> ora(ra) ;
optional<int&> orb(rb) ;
def = orb ; // binds 'def' to 'b' through 'rb' wrapped within 'orb'
assert ( *def == b ) ;
*def = ora ; // changes the value of 'b' to a copy of the value of 'a'
assert ( b == a ) ;
int c = 3;
int& rc = c ;
optional<int&> orc(rc) ;
ora = orc ; // REBINDS ora to 'c' through 'rc'
c = 4 ;
assert ( *ora == 4 ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_operator_equal_other_optional]
[: `template<U> optional& optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::operator= ( optional<U> const& rhs ) ;`]
* [*Effect:] Assigns another convertible optional to an optional.
* [*Postconditions:] If `rhs` is initialized, `*this` is initialized and
its value is a ['copy] of the value of `rhs` ['converted] to type `T`; else
`*this` is uninitialized.
* [*Throws:] Whatever `T::operator=( U const& )` or `T::T( U const& )` throws.
* [*Notes:] If both `*this` and rhs are initially initialized, `T`'s
['assignment operator] (from `U`) is used. If `*this` is initially initialized
but `rhs` is uninitialized, `T`'s ['destructor] is called. If `*this` is
initially uninitialized but rhs is initialized, `T`'s ['converting constructor]
(from `U`) is called.
* [*Exception Safety:] In the event of an exception, the initialization state
of `*this` is unchanged and its value unspecified as far as optional is
concerned (it is up to `T`'s `operator=()`). If `*this` is initially
uninitialized and `T`'s converting constructor fails, `*this` is left properly
uninitialized.
* [*Example:]
``
T v;
optional<T> opt0(v);
optional<U> opt1;
opt1 = opt0 ;
assert ( *opt1 == static_cast<U>(v) ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_reset_value]
[: `void optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::reset( T const& v ) ;`]
* [*Deprecated:] same as `operator= ( T const& v) ;`
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_reset]
[: `void optional<T>::reset() ;`]
* [*Deprecated:] Same as `operator=( detail::none_t );`
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_get]
[: `T const& optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::operator*() const ;`]
[: `T& optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::operator*();`]
[: `T const& optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::get() const ;`]
[: `T& optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::get() ;`]
[: `inline T const& get ( optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`> const& ) ;`]
[: `inline T& get ( optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`> &) ;`]
* [*Requirements:] `*this` is initialized
* [*Returns:] A reference to the contained value
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Notes:] The requirement is asserted via `BOOST_ASSERT()`.
* [*Example:]
``
T v ;
optional<T> opt ( v );
T const& u = *opt;
assert ( u == v ) ;
T w ;
*opt = w ;
assert ( *opt == w ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_get_value_or_value]
[: `T const& optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::get_value_or( T const& default) const ;`]
[: `T& optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::get_value_or( T& default ) ;`]
[: `inline T const& get_optional_value_or ( optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`> const& o, T const& default ) ;`]
[: `inline T& get_optional_value_or ( optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>& o, T& default ) ;`]
* [*Returns:] A reference to the contained value, if any, or `default`.
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Example:]
``
T v, z ;
optional<T> def;
T const& y = def.get_value_or(z);
assert ( y == z ) ;
optional<T> opt ( v );
T const& u = get_optional_value_or(opt,z);
assert ( u == v ) ;
assert ( u != z ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[: `T const& optional<T&>::operator*() const ;`]
[: `T & optional<T&>::operator*();`]
[: `T const& optional<T&>::get() const ;`]
[: `T& optional<T&>::get() ;`]
[: `inline T const& get ( optional<T&> const& ) ;`]
[: `inline T& get ( optional<T&> &) ;`]
* [*Requirements: ] `*this` is initialized
* [*Returns:] [_The] reference contained.
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Notes:] The requirement is asserted via `BOOST_ASSERT()`.
* [*Example:]
``
T v ;
T& vref = v ;
optional<T&> opt ( vref );
T const& vref2 = *opt;
assert ( vref2 == v ) ;
++ v ;
assert ( *opt == v ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_get_ptr]
[: `T const* optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::get_ptr() const ;`]
[: `T* optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::get_ptr() ;`]
[: `inline T const* get_pointer ( optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`> const& ) ;`]
[: `inline T* get_pointer ( optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`> &) ;`]
* [*Returns:] If `*this` is initialized, a pointer to the contained value;
else `0` (['null]).
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Notes:] The contained value is permanently stored within `*this`, so you
should not hold nor delete this pointer
* [*Example:]
``
T v;
optional<T> opt(v);
optional<T> const copt(v);
T* p = opt.get_ptr() ;
T const* cp = copt.get_ptr();
assert ( p == get_pointer(opt) );
assert ( cp == get_pointer(copt) ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_operator_arrow]
[: `T const* optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::operator ->() const ;`]
[: `T* optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`>::operator ->() ;`]
* [*Requirements: ] `*this` is initialized.
* [*Returns:] A pointer to the contained value.
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Notes:] The requirement is asserted via `BOOST_ASSERT()`.
* [*Example:]
``
struct X { int mdata ; } ;
X x ;
optional<X> opt (x);
opt->mdata = 2 ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_operator_bool]
[: `optional<T>::operator `['unspecified-bool-type]`() const ;`]
* [*Returns:] An unspecified value which if used on a boolean context
is equivalent to (`get() != 0`)
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Example:]
``
optional<T> def ;
assert ( def == 0 );
optional<T> opt ( v ) ;
assert ( opt );
assert ( opt != 0 );
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_operator_not]
[: `bool optional<T>::operator!() ;`]
* [*Returns:] If `*this` is uninitialized, `true`; else `false`.
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Notes:] This operator is provided for those compilers which can't
use the ['unspecified-bool-type operator] in certain boolean contexts.
* [*Example:]
``
optional<T> opt ;
assert ( !opt );
*opt = some_T ;
// Notice the "double-bang" idiom here.
assert ( !!opt ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_optional_is_initialized]
[: `bool optional<T>::is_initialized() const ;`]
* [*Returns: ] `true` if the `optional` is initialized, `false` otherwise.
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Example:]
``
optional<T> def ;
assert ( !def.is_initialized() );
optional<T> opt ( v ) ;
assert ( opt.is_initialized() );
``
__SPACE__
[heading Free functions]
__SPACE__
[#reference_make_optional_value]
[: `optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`> make_optional( T const& v )`]
* [*Returns: ] `optional<T>(v)` for the ['deduced] type `T` of `v`.
* [*Example:]
``
template<class T> void foo ( optional<T> const& opt ) ;
foo ( make_optional(1+1) ) ; // Creates an optional<int>
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_make_optional_bool_value]
[: `optional<T` ['(not a ref)]`> make_optional( bool condition, T const& v )`]
* [*Returns: ] `optional<T>(condition,v)` for the ['deduced] type `T` of `v`.
* [*Example:]
``
optional<double> calculate_foo()
{
double val = compute_foo();
return make_optional(is_not_nan_and_finite(val),val);
}
optional<double> v = calculate_foo();
if ( !v )
error("foo wasn't computed");
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_operator_compare_equal_optional_optional]
[: `bool operator == ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y );`]
* [*Returns:] If both `x` and `y` are initialized, `(*x == *y)`. If only
`x` or `y` is initialized, `false`. If both are uninitialized, `true`.
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Notes:] Pointers have shallow relational operators while `optional` has
deep relational operators. Do not use `operator ==` directly in generic
code which expect to be given either an `optional<T>` or a pointer; use
__FUNCTION_EQUAL_POINTEES__ instead
* [*Example:]
``
T x(12);
T y(12);
T z(21);
optional<T> def0 ;
optional<T> def1 ;
optional<T> optX(x);
optional<T> optY(y);
optional<T> optZ(z);
// Identity always hold
assert ( def0 == def0 );
assert ( optX == optX );
// Both uninitialized compare equal
assert ( def0 == def1 );
// Only one initialized compare unequal.
assert ( def0 != optX );
// Both initialized compare as (*lhs == *rhs)
assert ( optX == optY ) ;
assert ( optX != optZ ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_operator_compare_less_optional_optional]
[: `bool operator < ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y );`]
* [*Returns:] If `y` is not initialized, `false`. If `y` is initialized
and `x` is not initialized, `true`. If both `x` and `y` are initialized,
`(*x < *y)`.
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
* [*Notes:] Pointers have shallow relational operators while `optional` has
deep relational operators. Do not use `operator <` directly in generic code
which expect to be given either an `optional<T>` or a pointer; use __FUNCTION_LESS_POINTEES__ instead.
* [*Example:]
``
T x(12);
T y(34);
optional<T> def ;
optional<T> optX(x);
optional<T> optY(y);
// Identity always hold
assert ( !(def < def) );
assert ( optX == optX );
// Both uninitialized compare equal
assert ( def0 == def1 );
// Only one initialized compare unequal.
assert ( def0 != optX );
// Both initialized compare as (*lhs == *rhs)
assert ( optX == optY ) ;
assert ( optX != optZ ) ;
``
__SPACE__
[#reference_operator_compare_not_equal_optional_optional]
[: `bool operator != ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y );`]
* [*Returns: ] `!( x == y );`
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
__SPACE__
[#reference_operator_compare_greater_optional_optional]
[: `bool operator > ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y );`]
* [*Returns: ] `( y < x );`
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
__SPACE__
[#reference_operator_compare_less_or_equal_optional_optional]
[: `bool operator <= ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y );`]
* [*Returns: ] `!( y<x );`
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
__SPACE__
[#reference_operator_compare_greater_or_equal_optional_optional]
[: `bool operator >= ( optional<T> const& x, optional<T> const& y );`]
* [*Returns: ] `!( x<y );`
* [*Throws:] Nothing.
__SPACE__
[#reference_swap_optional_optional]
[: `void swap ( optional<T>& x, optional<T>& y );`]
* [*Effect:] If both `x` and `y` are initialized, calls `swap(*x,*y)`
using `std::swap`. If only one is initialized, say `x`, calls:
`y.reset(*x); x.reset();` If none is initialized, does nothing.
* [*Postconditions:] The states of `x` and `y` interchanged.
* [*Throws:] If both are initialized, whatever `swap(T&,T&)` throws. If only
one is initialized, whatever `T::T ( T const& )` throws.
* [*Notes:] If both are initialized, `swap(T&,T&)` is used unqualified but
with `std::swap` introduced in scope.
If only one is initialized, `T::~T()` and `T::T( T const& )` is called.
* [*Exception Safety:] If both are initialized, this operation has the
exception safety guarantees of `swap(T&,T&)`.
If only one is initialized, it has the same basic guarantee as
`optional<T>::reset( T const& )`.
* [*Example:]
``
T x(12);
T y(21);
optional<T> def0 ;
optional<T> def1 ;
optional<T> optX(x);
optional<T> optY(y);
boost::swap(def0,def1); // no-op
boost::swap(def0,optX);
assert ( *def0 == x );
assert ( !optX );
boost::swap(def0,optX); // Get back to original values
boost::swap(optX,optY);
assert ( *optX == y );
assert ( *optY == x );
``
[endsect]

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[section Optional references]
This library allows the template parameter `T` to be of reference type:
`T&`, and to some extent, `T const&`.
However, since references are not real objects some restrictions apply and
some operations are not available in this case:
* Converting constructors
* Converting assignment
* InPlace construction
* InPlace assignment
* Value-access via pointer
Also, even though `optional<T&>` treats it wrapped pseudo-object much as
a real value, a true real reference is stored so aliasing will ocurr:
* Copies of `optional<T&>` will copy the references but all these references
will nonetheless reefer to the same object.
* Value-access will actually provide access to the referenced object
rather than the reference itself.
[endsect]
[#optional_refassign]
[section Rebinding semantics for assignment of optional references]
If you assign to an ['uninitialized ] `optional<T&>` the effect is to bind (for
the first time) to the object. Clearly, there is no other choice.
int x = 1 ;
int& rx = x ;
optional<int&> ora ;
optional<int&> orb(x) ;
ora = orb ; // now 'ora' is bound to 'x' through 'rx'
*ora = 2 ; // Changes value of 'x' through 'ora'
assert(x==2);
If you assign to a bare C++ reference, the assignment is forwarded to the
referenced object; it's value changes but the reference is never rebound.
int a = 1 ;
int& ra = a ;
int b = 2 ;
int& rb = b ;
ra = rb ; // Changes the value of 'a' to 'b'
assert(a==b);
b = 3 ;
assert(ra!=b); // 'ra' is not rebound to 'b'
Now, if you assign to an ['initialized ] `optional<T&>`, the effect is to
[*rebind] to the new object instead of assigning the referee. This is unlike
bare C++ references.
int a = 1 ;
int b = 2 ;
int& ra = a ;
int& rb = b ;
optional<int&> ora(ra) ;
optional<int&> orb(rb) ;
ora = orb ; // 'ora' is rebound to 'b'
*ora = 3 ; // Changes value of 'b' (not 'a')
assert(a==1);
assert(b==3);
[heading Rationale]
Rebinding semantics for the assignment of ['initialized ] `optional` references has
been chosen to provide [*consistency among initialization states] even at the
expense of lack of consistency with the semantics of bare C++ references.
It is true that `optional<U>` strives to behave as much as possible as `U`
does whenever it is initialized; but in the case when `U` is `T&`, doing so would
result in inconsistent behavior w.r.t to the lvalue initialization state.
Imagine `optional<T&>` forwarding assignment to the referenced object (thus
changing the referenced object value but not rebinding), and consider the
following code:
optional<int&> a = get();
int x = 1 ;
int& rx = x ;
optional<int&> b(rx);
a = b ;
What does the assignment do?
If `a` is ['uninitialized], the answer is clear: it binds to `x` (we now have
another reference to `x`).
But what if `a` is already ['initialized]? it would change the value of the
referenced object (whatever that is); which is inconsistent with the other
possible case.
If `optional<T&>` would assign just like `T&` does, you would never be able to
use Optional's assignment without explicitly handling the previous
initialization state unless your code is capable of functioning whether
after the assignment, `a` aliases the same object as `b` or not.
That is, you would have to discriminate in order to be consistency.
If in your code rebinding to another object is not an option, then is very
likely that binding for the fist time isn't either. In such case, assignment
to an ['uninitialized ] `optional<T&>` shall be prohibited. It is quite possible
that in such scenario the precondition that the lvalue must be already
initialized exist. If it doesn't, then binding for the first time is OK
while rebinding is not which is IMO very unlikely.
In such scenario, you can assign the value itself directly, as in:
assert(!!opt);
*opt=value;
[endsect]
[#optional_in_place_factories]
[section In-Place Factories]
One of the typical problems with wrappers and containers is that their
interfaces usually provide an operation to initialize or assign the
contained object as a copy of some other object. This not only requires the
underlying type to be __COPY_CONSTRUCTIBLE__, but also requires the existence of
a fully constructed object, often temporary, just to follow the copy from:
struct X
{
X ( int, std:::string ) ;
} ;
class W
{
X wrapped_ ;
public:
W ( X const& x ) : wrapped_(x) {}
} ;
void foo()
{
// Temporary object created.
W ( X(123,"hello") ) ;
}
A solution to this problem is to support direct construction of the
contained object right in the container's storage.
In this scheme, the user only needs to supply the arguments to the
constructor to use in the wrapped object construction.
class W
{
X wrapped_ ;
public:
W ( X const& x ) : wrapped_(x) {}
W ( int a0, std::string a1) : wrapped_(a0,a1) {}
} ;
void foo()
{
// Wrapped object constructed in-place
// No temporary created.
W (123,"hello") ;
}
A limitation of this method is that it doesn't scale well to wrapped
objects with multiple constructors nor to generic code were the constructor
overloads are unknown.
The solution presented in this library is the family of [*InPlaceFactories]
and [*TypedInPlaceFactories].
These factories are a family of classes which encapsulate an increasing
number of arbitrary constructor parameters and supply a method to construct
an object of a given type using those parameters at an address specified by
the user via placement new.
For example, one member of this family looks like:
template<class T,class A0, class A1>
class TypedInPlaceFactory2
{
A0 m_a0 ; A1 m_a1 ;
public:
TypedInPlaceFactory2( A0 const& a0, A1 const& a1 ) : m_a0(a0), m_a1(a1) {}
void construct ( void* p ) { new (p) T(m_a0,m_a1) ; }
} ;
A wrapper class aware of this can use it as:
class W
{
X wrapped_ ;
public:
W ( X const& x ) : wrapped_(x) {}
W ( TypedInPlaceFactory2 const& fac ) { fac.construct(&wrapped_) ; }
} ;
void foo()
{
// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a TypedInPlaceFactory.
// No temporary created.
W ( TypedInPlaceFactory2<X,int,std::string&rt(123,"hello")) ;
}
The factories are divided in two groups:
* [_TypedInPlaceFactories]: those which take the target type as a primary
template parameter.
* [_InPlaceFactories]: those with a template `construct(void*)` member
function taking the target type.
Within each group, all the family members differ only in the number of
parameters allowed.
This library provides an overloaded set of helper template functions to
construct these factories without requiring unnecessary template parameters:
template<class A0,...,class AN>
InPlaceFactoryN <A0,...,AN> in_place ( A0 const& a0, ..., AN const& aN) ;
template<class T,class A0,...,class AN>
TypedInPlaceFactoryN <T,A0,...,AN> in_place ( T const& a0, A0 const& a0, ..., AN const& aN) ;
In-place factories can be used generically by the wrapper and user as follows:
class W
{
X wrapped_ ;
public:
W ( X const& x ) : wrapped_(x) {}
template< class InPlaceFactory >
W ( InPlaceFactory const& fac ) { fac.template <X>construct(&wrapped_) ; }
} ;
void foo()
{
// Wrapped object constructed in-place via a InPlaceFactory.
// No temporary created.
W ( in_place(123,"hello") ) ;
}
The factories are implemented in the headers: __IN_PLACE_FACTORY_HPP__ and __TYPED_IN_PLACE_FACTORY_HPP__
[endsect]
[section A note about optional<bool>]
`optional<bool>` should be used with special caution and consideration.
First, it is functionally similar to a tristate boolean (false,maybe,true)
—such as __BOOST_TRIBOOL__— except that in a tristate boolean, the maybe state
[_represents a valid value], unlike the corresponding state of an uninitialized
`optional<bool>`.
It should be carefully considered if an `optional<bool>` instead of a `tribool`
is really needed.
Second, `optional<>` provides an implicit conversion to `bool`. This
conversion refers to the initialization state and not to the contained value.
Using `optional<bool>` can lead to subtle errors due to the implicit `bool`
conversion:
void foo ( bool v ) ;
void bar()
{
optional<bool> v = try();
// The following intended to pass the value of 'v' to foo():
foo(v);
// But instead, the initialization state is passed
// due to a typo: it should have been foo(*v).
}
The only implicit conversion is to `bool`, and it is safe in the sense that
typical integral promotions don't apply (i.e. if `foo()` takes an `int`
instead, it won't compile).
[endsect]
[section Exception Safety Guarantees]
Because of the current implementation (see [link optional_implementation_notes Implementation Notes]), all of the assignment methods:
* `optional<T>::operator= ( optional<T> const& )`
* `optional<T>::operator= ( T const& )`
* `template<class U> optional<T>::operator= ( optional<U> const& )`
* `template<class InPlaceFactory> optional<T>::operator= ( InPlaceFactory const& )`
* `template<class TypedInPlaceFactory> optional<T>::operator= ( TypedInPlaceFactory const& ) `
* `optional<T>:::reset ( T const&)`
Can only ['guarantee] the [_basic exception safety]: The lvalue optional is
left [_uninitialized] if an exception is thrown (any previous value is ['first]
destroyed using `T::~T()`)
On the other hand, the ['uninitializing] methods:
* `optional<T>::operator= ( detail::none_t )`
* `optional<T>::reset()`
Provide the no-throw guarantee (assuming a no-throw `T::~T()`)
However, since `optional<>` itself doesn't throw any exceptions, the only
source for exceptions here are `T`'s constructor, so if you know the exception
guarantees for `T::T ( T const& )`, you know that `optional`'s assignment and
reset has the same guarantees.
//
// Case 1: Exception thrown during assignment.
//
T v0(123);
optional<T> opt0(v0);
try
{
T v1(456);
optional<T> opt1(v1);
opt0 = opt1 ;
// If no exception was thrown, assignment succeeded.
assert( *opt0 == v1 ) ;
}
catch(...)
{
// If any exception was thrown, 'opt0' is reset to uninitialized.
assert( !opt0 ) ;
}
//
// Case 2: Exception thrown during reset(v)
//
T v0(123);
optional<T> opt(v0);
try
{
T v1(456);
opt.reset ( v1 ) ;
// If no exception was thrown, reset succeeded.
assert( *opt == v1 ) ;
}
catch(...)
{
// If any exception was thrown, 'opt' is reset to uninitialized.
assert( !opt ) ;
}
[heading Swap]
`void swap( optional<T>&, optional<T>& )` has the same exception guarantee
as `swap(T&,T&)` when both optionals are initialized.
If only one of the optionals is initialized, it gives the same ['basic]
exception guarantee as `optional<T>::reset( T const& )` (since
`optional<T>::reset()` doesn't throw).
If none of the optionals is initialized, it has no-throw guarantee
since it is a no-op.
[endsect]
[section Type requirements]
In general, `T` must be __COPY_CONSTRUCTIBLE__ and have a no-throw destructor.
The copy-constructible requirement is not needed if [*InPlaceFactories] are used.
`T` [_is not] required to be __SGI_DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTIBLE__.
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// Copyright (C) 2003, Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// fernando_cacciola@hotmail.com
//
#ifndef BOOST_DETAIL_NONE_T_17SEP2003_HPP
#define BOOST_DETAIL_NONE_T_17SEP2003_HPP
namespace boost {
namespace detail {
struct none_helper{};
typedef int none_helper::*none_t ;
} // namespace detail
} // namespace boost
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namespace boost {
none_t const none = (static_cast<none_t>(0)) ;
none_t const none = ((none_t)0) ;
} // namespace boost

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// Copyright (C) 2014, Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/libs/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
#ifndef BOOST_BAD_OPTIONAL_ACCESS_22MAY2014_HPP
#define BOOST_BAD_OPTIONAL_ACCESS_22MAY2014_HPP
#include <stdexcept>
namespace boost {
class bad_optional_access : public std::logic_error
{
public:
bad_optional_access()
: std::logic_error("Attempted to access the value of an uninitialized optional object.")
{}
};
} // namespace boost
#endif

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// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/libs/optional for documentation.
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// fernando_cacciola@hotmail.com
//
// Revisions:
// 10 May 2008 (added swap related forward declaration) Niels Dekker
//
//
#ifndef BOOST_OPTIONAL_OPTIONAL_FWD_FLC_19NOV2002_HPP
#define BOOST_OPTIONAL_OPTIONAL_FWD_FLC_19NOV2002_HPP
namespace boost {
template<class T> class optional ;
template<class T> void swap ( optional<T>& , optional<T>& );
template<class T> void swap ( optional<T>& , optional<T>& ) ;
template<class T> struct optional_swap_should_use_default_constructor ;

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// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/libs/optional for documentation.
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// fernando_cacciola@hotmail.com
@ -12,21 +12,35 @@
#ifndef BOOST_OPTIONAL_OPTIONAL_IO_FLC_19NOV2002_HPP
#define BOOST_OPTIONAL_OPTIONAL_IO_FLC_19NOV2002_HPP
#include <istream>
#include <ostream>
#if defined __GNUC__
# if (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 97)
# define BOOST_OPTIONAL_NO_TEMPLATED_STREAMS
# endif
#endif // __GNUC__
#if defined BOOST_OPTIONAL_NO_TEMPLATED_STREAMS
# include <iostream>
#else
# include <istream>
# include <ostream>
#endif
#include <boost/none.hpp>
#include <boost/assert.hpp>
#include "boost/optional/optional.hpp"
#include "boost/utility/value_init.hpp"
namespace boost
{
#if defined (BOOST_NO_TEMPLATED_STREAMS)
template<class T>
inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, optional<T> const& v)
#else
template<class CharType, class CharTrait, class T>
inline
std::basic_ostream<CharType, CharTrait>&
operator<<(std::basic_ostream<CharType, CharTrait>& out, optional<T> const& v)
#endif
{
if ( out.good() )
{
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return out;
}
#if defined (BOOST_NO_TEMPLATED_STREAMS)
template<class T>
inline std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& in, optional<T>& v)
#else
template<class CharType, class CharTrait, class T>
inline
std::basic_istream<CharType, CharTrait>&
operator>>(std::basic_istream<CharType, CharTrait>& in, optional<T>& v)
#endif
{
if (in.good())
if ( in.good() )
{
int d = in.get();
if (d == ' ')
if ( d == ' ' )
{
T x;
T x ;
in >> x;
v = x;
v = x ;
}
else
{
if (d == '-')
{
d = in.get();
if (d == '-')
{
v = none;
return in;
}
}
in.setstate( std::ios::failbit );
}
v = optional<T>() ;
}
return in;

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boost_test_run(optional_test)
boost_test_run(optional_test_tie)
boost_test_run(optional_test_ref)
boost_test_run(optional_test_inplace)
boost_test_run(optional_test_io)
boost_test_compile_fail(optional_test_fail1)
boost_test_compile_fail(optional_test_fail3a)
boost_test_compile_fail(optional_test_fail3b)
boost_test_compile_fail(optional_test_ref_fail1)
boost_test_compile_fail(optional_test_ref_fail3)
boost_test_compile_fail(optional_test_ref_fail4)
boost_test_compile_fail(optional_test_inplace_fail)
boost_test_compile_fail(optional_test_inplace_fail2)

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[ run optional_test_ref.cpp ]
[ run optional_test_inplace.cpp ]
[ run optional_test_io.cpp ]
[ run optional_test_move.cpp ]
[ run optional_test_equals_none.cpp ]
[ run optional_test_value_access.cpp ]
[ run optional_test_emplace.cpp ]
[ run optional_test_minimum_requirements.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_fail1.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_fail3a.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_fail3b.cpp ]
@ -34,14 +29,5 @@ import testing ;
[ compile-fail optional_test_ref_fail4.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_inplace_fail.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_inplace_fail2.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_fail_implicit_bool_convert.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_fail_copying_a_moveable_type.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_fail_optional_rvalue_ref.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_ref_fail_init_from_Trefref.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_ref_fail_init_from_Urefref.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_ref_fail_assign_from_Trefref.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_ref_fail_assign_from_Urefref.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_fail_explicit_convert_in_value_or.cpp ]
[ compile-fail optional_test_fail_explicit_convert_in_value_or_call.cpp ]
;
}

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@ -158,27 +158,27 @@ void test_basics( T const* )
ob.reset();
check_is_pending_dtor( ARG(T) ) ;
check_uninitialized(ob);
}
template<class T>
void test_conditional_ctor_and_get_valur_or ( T const* )
{
TRACE( std::endl << BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION );
T a(321);
T z(123);
optional<T> const cdef0(false,a);
optional<T> def0(false,a);
optional<T> def1 = boost::make_optional(false,a); // T is not within boost so ADL won't find make_optional unqualified
check_uninitialized(def0);
check_uninitialized(def1);
optional<T> const co0(true,a);
optional<T> o0(true,a);
optional<T> o1 = boost::make_optional(true,a); // T is not within boost so ADL won't find make_optional unqualified
@ -186,65 +186,65 @@ void test_conditional_ctor_and_get_valur_or ( T const* )
check_initialized(o1);
check_value(o0,a,z);
check_value(o1,a,z);
T b = def0.get_value_or(z);
BOOST_CHECK( b == z ) ;
b = get_optional_value_or(def0,z);
BOOST_CHECK( b == z ) ;
b = o0.get_value_or(z);
BOOST_CHECK( b == a ) ;
b = get_optional_value_or(o0,z);
BOOST_CHECK( b == a ) ;
T const& crz = z ;
T& rz = z ;
T const& crzz = def0.get_value_or(crz);
BOOST_CHECK( crzz == crz ) ;
T& rzz = def0.get_value_or(rz);
BOOST_CHECK( rzz == rz ) ;
T const& crzzz = get_optional_value_or(cdef0,crz);
BOOST_CHECK( crzzz == crz ) ;
T& rzzz = get_optional_value_or(def0,rz);
BOOST_CHECK( rzzz == rz ) ;
T const& crb = o0.get_value_or(crz);
BOOST_CHECK( crb == a ) ;
T& rb = o0.get_value_or(rz);
BOOST_CHECK( rb == b ) ;
T const& crbb = get_optional_value_or(co0,crz);
BOOST_CHECK( crbb == b ) ;
T const& crbbb = get_optional_value_or(o0,crz);
BOOST_CHECK( crbbb == b ) ;
T& rbb = get_optional_value_or(o0,rz);
BOOST_CHECK( rbb == b ) ;
T& ra = a ;
optional<T&> defref(false,ra);
BOOST_CHECK(!defref);
optional<T&> ref(true,ra);
BOOST_CHECK(!!ref);
a = T(432);
BOOST_CHECK( *ref == a ) ;
T& r1 = defref.get_value_or(z);
BOOST_CHECK( r1 == z ) ;
T& r2 = ref.get_value_or(z);
BOOST_CHECK( r2 == a ) ;
}
@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void test_uninitialized_access( T const* )
{
// This should throw because 'def' is uninitialized
T const& n = def.get() ;
boost::ignore_unused(n);
unused_variable(n);
passed = true ;
}
catch (...) {}
@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void test_uninitialized_access( T const* )
{
// This should throw because 'def' is uninitialized
T const& n = *def ;
boost::ignore_unused(n);
unused_variable(n);
passed = true ;
}
catch (...) {}
@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ void test_uninitialized_access( T const* )
try
{
T v(5) ;
boost::ignore_unused(v);
unused_variable(v);
// This should throw because 'def' is uninitialized
*def = v ;
passed = true ;
@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ void test_uninitialized_access( T const* )
{
// This should throw because 'def' is uninitialized
T v = *(def.operator->()) ;
boost::ignore_unused(v);
unused_variable(v);
passed = true ;
}
catch (...) {}
@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ void test_relops( T const* )
optional<T> opt0(v0);
optional<T> opt1(v1);
optional<T> opt2(v2);
// Check identity
BOOST_CHECK ( def0 == def0 ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( opt0 == opt0 ) ;
@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ void test_relops( T const* )
BOOST_CHECK ( opt1 > opt0 ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( opt1 <= opt2 ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( opt1 >= opt0 ) ;
// Compare against a value directly
BOOST_CHECK ( opt0 == v0 ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( opt0 != v1 ) ;
@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ void test_none( T const* )
BOOST_CHECK ( def0 == none ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( non_def != none ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( !def1 ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( !(non_def < none) ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( !(non_def < none) ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( non_def > none ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( !(non_def <= none) ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( non_def >= none ) ;
@ -819,11 +819,11 @@ void test_arrow( T const* )
optional<T> oa(a) ;
optional<T> const coa(a) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( coa->V() == 1234 ) ;
oa->V() = 4321 ;
BOOST_CHECK ( a.V() = 1234 ) ;
BOOST_CHECK ( (*oa).V() = 4321 ) ;
}
@ -840,21 +840,11 @@ void test_with_builtin_types()
test_none( ARG(double) ) ;
}
// MSVC < 11.0 doesn't destroy X when we call ptr->VBase::VBase.
// Make sure that we work around this bug.
struct VBase : virtual X
{
VBase(int v) : X(v) {}
// MSVC 8.0 doesn't generate this correctly...
VBase(const VBase& other) : X(static_cast<const X&>(other)) {}
};
void test_with_class_type()
{
TRACE( std::endl << BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION );
test_basics( ARG(X) );
test_basics( ARG(VBase) );
test_conditional_ctor_and_get_valur_or( ARG(X) );
test_direct_value_manip( ARG(X) );
test_uninitialized_access( ARG(X) );
@ -1086,8 +1076,8 @@ namespace optional_swap_test
//
void swap(boost::optional<class_whose_explicit_ctor_should_be_used> & x, boost::optional<class_whose_explicit_ctor_should_be_used> & y)
{
bool hasX(x);
bool hasY(y);
bool hasX = x;
bool hasY = y;
if ( !hasX && !hasY )
return;
@ -1096,7 +1086,7 @@ namespace optional_swap_test
x = boost::in_place('\0');
else if ( !hasY )
y = boost::in_place('\0');
optional_swap_test::swap(*x,*y);
if( !hasX )
@ -1128,7 +1118,7 @@ template <class T> struct optional_swap_should_use_default_constructor<
//
// Specialization of boost::swap:
//
template <>
template <>
void swap(optional<optional_swap_test::class_whose_explicit_ctor_should_be_used> & x, optional<optional_swap_test::class_whose_explicit_ctor_should_be_used> & y)
{
optional_swap_test::swap(x, y);
@ -1143,25 +1133,25 @@ namespace std {
// Specializations of std::swap:
//
template <>
template <>
void swap(optional_swap_test::class_whose_default_ctor_should_be_used & x, optional_swap_test::class_whose_default_ctor_should_be_used & y)
{
optional_swap_test::swap(x, y);
}
template <>
template <>
void swap(optional_swap_test::class_whose_default_ctor_should_not_be_used & x, optional_swap_test::class_whose_default_ctor_should_not_be_used & y)
{
optional_swap_test::swap(x, y);
}
template <>
template <>
void swap(optional_swap_test::class_without_default_ctor & x, optional_swap_test::class_without_default_ctor & y)
{
optional_swap_test::swap(x, y);
}
template <>
template <>
void swap(optional_swap_test::class_whose_explicit_ctor_should_be_used & x, optional_swap_test::class_whose_explicit_ctor_should_be_used & y)
{
optional_swap_test::swap(x, y);
@ -1214,7 +1204,7 @@ bool test_swap_function( T const* )
//
// Tests whether the optional<T>::swap member function works properly.
// Assumes that T has one data member, of type char.
// Assumes that T has one data member, of type char.
// Returns true iff the test is passed.
//
template <class T>
@ -1273,33 +1263,6 @@ void test_swap_tweaking()
BOOST_CHECK( test_swap_member_function( ARG(optional_swap_test::template_whose_default_ctor_should_be_used<char>) ) );
}
// Test for support for classes with overridden operator&
class CustomAddressOfClass
{
int n;
public:
CustomAddressOfClass() : n(0) {}
CustomAddressOfClass(CustomAddressOfClass const& that) : n(that.n) {}
explicit CustomAddressOfClass(int m) : n(m) {}
int* operator& () { return &n; }
bool operator== (CustomAddressOfClass const& that) const { return n == that.n; }
};
void test_custom_addressof_operator()
{
boost::optional< CustomAddressOfClass > o1(CustomAddressOfClass(10));
BOOST_CHECK(!!o1);
BOOST_CHECK(o1.get() == CustomAddressOfClass(10));
o1 = CustomAddressOfClass(20);
BOOST_CHECK(!!o1);
BOOST_CHECK(o1.get() == CustomAddressOfClass(20));
o1 = boost::none;
BOOST_CHECK(!o1);
}
int test_main( int, char* [] )
{
try
@ -1310,7 +1273,6 @@ int test_main( int, char* [] )
test_conversions1();
test_conversions2();
test_swap_tweaking();
test_custom_addressof_operator();
}
catch ( ... )
{

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@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
// Copyright (C) 2003, Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal.
// Copyright (C) 2014, Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
@ -10,8 +9,6 @@
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// fernando_cacciola@hotmail.com
//
#include <boost/core/ignore_unused.hpp>
#ifdef ENABLE_TRACE
#define TRACE(msg) std::cout << msg << std::endl ;
#else
@ -40,6 +37,7 @@ void assertion_failed (char const * expr, char const * func, char const * file,
using boost::optional ;
template<class T> inline void unused_variable ( T ) {}
#ifdef BOOST_NO_ARGUMENT_DEPENDENT_LOOKUP
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@ -1,189 +0,0 @@
// Copyright (C) 2014 Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
// Revisions:
//
#include<iostream>
#include<stdexcept>
#include<string>
#define BOOST_ENABLE_ASSERT_HANDLER
#include "boost/bind/apply.hpp" // Included just to test proper interaction with boost::apply<> as reported by Daniel Wallin
#include "boost/mpl/bool.hpp"
#include "boost/mpl/bool_fwd.hpp" // For mpl::true_ and mpl::false_
#include "boost/static_assert.hpp"
#include "boost/optional/optional.hpp"
#ifdef __BORLANDC__
#pragma hdrstop
#endif
#include "boost/none.hpp"
#include "boost/test/minimal.hpp"
#include "optional_test_common.cpp"
//#ifndef BOOST_OPTIONAL_NO_CONVERTING_ASSIGNMENT
//#ifndef BOOST_OPTIONAL_NO_CONVERTING_COPY_CTOR
#if (!defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES) && (!defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES)
class Guard
{
public:
int which_ctor;
Guard () : which_ctor(0) { }
Guard (int&, double&&) : which_ctor(1) { }
Guard (int&&, double&) : which_ctor(2) { }
Guard (int&&, double&&) : which_ctor(3) { }
Guard (int&, double&) : which_ctor(4) { }
Guard (std::string const&) : which_ctor(5) { }
Guard (std::string &) : which_ctor(6) { }
Guard (std::string &&) : which_ctor(7) { }
private:
Guard(Guard&&);
Guard(Guard const&);
void operator=(Guard &&);
void operator=(Guard const&);
};
void test_emplace()
{
int i = 0;
double d = 0.0;
const std::string cs;
std::string ms;
optional<Guard> o;
o.emplace();
BOOST_CHECK(o);
BOOST_CHECK(0 == o->which_ctor);
o.emplace(i, 2.0);
BOOST_CHECK(o);
BOOST_CHECK(1 == o->which_ctor);
o.emplace(1, d);
BOOST_CHECK(o);
BOOST_CHECK(2 == o->which_ctor);
o.emplace(1, 2.0);
BOOST_CHECK(o);
BOOST_CHECK(3 == o->which_ctor);
o.emplace(i, d);
BOOST_CHECK(o);
BOOST_CHECK(4 == o->which_ctor);
o.emplace(cs);
BOOST_CHECK(o);
BOOST_CHECK(5 == o->which_ctor);
o.emplace(ms);
BOOST_CHECK(o);
BOOST_CHECK(6 == o->which_ctor);
o.emplace(std::string());
BOOST_CHECK(o);
BOOST_CHECK(7 == o->which_ctor);
}
#endif
#if (!defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
struct ThrowOnMove
{
ThrowOnMove(ThrowOnMove&&) { throw int(); }
ThrowOnMove(ThrowOnMove const&) { throw int(); }
ThrowOnMove(int){}
};
void test_no_moves_on_emplacement()
{
try {
optional<ThrowOnMove> o;
o.emplace(1);
BOOST_CHECK(o);
}
catch (...) {
BOOST_CHECK(false);
}
}
#endif
struct Thrower
{
Thrower(bool throw_) { if (throw_) throw int(); }
private:
Thrower(Thrower const&);
#if (!defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
Thrower(Thrower&&);
#endif
};
void test_clear_on_throw()
{
optional<Thrower> ot;
try {
ot.emplace(false);
BOOST_CHECK(ot);
} catch(...) {
BOOST_CHECK(false);
}
try {
ot.emplace(true);
BOOST_CHECK(false);
} catch(...) {
BOOST_CHECK(!ot);
}
}
void test_no_assignment_on_emplacement()
{
optional<const std::string> os;
BOOST_CHECK(!os);
os.emplace("wow");
BOOST_CHECK(os);
BOOST_CHECK(*os == "wow");
}
int test_main( int, char* [] )
{
try
{
#if (!defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES) && (!defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES)
test_emplace();
#endif
#if (!defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
test_no_moves_on_emplacement();
#endif
test_clear_on_throw();
test_no_assignment_on_emplacement();
}
catch ( ... )
{
BOOST_ERROR("Unexpected Exception caught!");
}
return 0;
}

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@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
// Copyright (C) 2014 Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
// Revisions:
//
#include<iostream>
#include<stdexcept>
#include<string>
#define BOOST_ENABLE_ASSERT_HANDLER
#include "boost/bind/apply.hpp" // Included just to test proper interaction with boost::apply<> as reported by Daniel Wallin
#include "boost/mpl/bool.hpp"
#include "boost/mpl/bool_fwd.hpp" // For mpl::true_ and mpl::false_
#include "boost/optional/optional.hpp"
#ifdef __BORLANDC__
#pragma hdrstop
#endif
#include "boost/none.hpp"
#include "boost/test/minimal.hpp"
#include "optional_test_common.cpp"
struct SemiRegular // no operator==
{
private: void operator==(SemiRegular const&) const {}
private: void operator!=(SemiRegular const&) const {}
};
void test_equal_to_none_of_noncomparable_T()
{
optional<SemiRegular> i = SemiRegular();
optional<SemiRegular> o;
BOOST_CHECK(i != boost::none);
BOOST_CHECK(boost::none != i);
BOOST_CHECK(o == boost::none);
BOOST_CHECK(boost::none == o);
}
int test_main( int, char* [] )
{
try
{
test_equal_to_none_of_noncomparable_T();
}
catch ( ... )
{
BOOST_ERROR("Unexpected Exception caught!");
}
return 0;
}

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@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
// Copyright (C) 2014, Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
#include "boost/optional.hpp"
class MoveOnly
{
public:
int val;
MoveOnly(int v) : val(v) {}
MoveOnly(MoveOnly&& rhs) : val(rhs.val) { rhs.val = 0; }
void operator=(MoveOnly&& rhs) {val = rhs.val; rhs.val = 0; }
private:
MoveOnly(MoveOnly const&);
void operator=(MoveOnly const&);
};
//
// THIS TEST SHOULD FAIL TO COMPILE
//
void test_copying_optional_with_noncopyable_T()
{
boost::optional<MoveOnly> opt1 ;
boost::optional<MoveOnly> opt2(opt1) ;
}

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@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
// Copyright (C) 2014, Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
#include "boost/optional.hpp"
//
// THIS TEST SHOULD FAIL TO COMPILE
//
struct U
{};
struct T
{
explicit T(U const&) {}
};
void test_implicit_conversion_to_bool()
{
boost::optional<T> opt;
opt.value_or(U());
}

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@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
// Copyright (C) 2014, Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
#include "boost/optional.hpp"
//
// THIS TEST SHOULD FAIL TO COMPILE
//
struct U
{};
struct T
{
explicit T(U const&) {}
};
U get_U() { return U(); }
void test_verifying_the_implicit_conversion_to_bool()
{
boost::optional<T> opt;
opt.value_or_eval(get_U);
}

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@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
// Copyright (C) 2014, Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
#include "boost/optional.hpp"
//
// THIS TEST SHOULD FAIL TO COMPILE
//
#if !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_EXPLICIT_CONVERSION_OPERATORS)
bool test_implicit_conversion_to_bool()
{
boost::optional<int> opt;
return opt;
}
#else
# error "Test skipped: this compiler does not support explicit conversion operators."
#endif

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@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
// Copyright (C) 2014, Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
#include "boost/optional.hpp"
//
// THIS TEST SHOULD FAIL TO COMPILE
//
boost::optional<int&&> oi;

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@ -55,14 +55,10 @@ void test2( Opt o, Opt buff )
{
stringstream s ;
const int markv = 123 ;
int mark = 0 ;
s << o << " " << markv ;
s >> buff >> mark ;
s << o ;
s >> buff ;
BOOST_ASSERT( buff == o ) ;
BOOST_ASSERT( mark == markv ) ;
}
@ -81,6 +77,7 @@ int test_main( int, char* [] )
{
test(1,2);
test(string("hello"),string("buffer"));
test(string(""),string("buffer"));
}
catch ( ... )
{

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@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
// Copyright (C) 2014 Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
// Revisions:
//
#include<iostream>
#include<stdexcept>
#include<string>
#define BOOST_ENABLE_ASSERT_HANDLER
#include "boost/bind/apply.hpp" // Included just to test proper interaction with boost::apply<> as reported by Daniel Wallin
#include "boost/mpl/bool.hpp"
#include "boost/mpl/bool_fwd.hpp" // For mpl::true_ and mpl::false_
#include "boost/static_assert.hpp"
#include "boost/optional/optional.hpp"
#ifdef __BORLANDC__
#pragma hdrstop
#endif
#include "boost/none.hpp"
#include "boost/test/minimal.hpp"
#include "optional_test_common.cpp"
class NonConstructible
{
private:
NonConstructible();
NonConstructible(NonConstructible const&);
#if (!defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
NonConstructible(NonConstructible &&);
#endif
};
void test_non_constructible()
{
optional<NonConstructible> o;
BOOST_CHECK(!o);
BOOST_CHECK(o == boost::none);
try {
o.value();
BOOST_CHECK(false);
}
catch(...) {
BOOST_CHECK(true);
}
}
class Guard
{
public:
explicit Guard(int) {}
private:
Guard();
Guard(Guard const&);
#if (!defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
Guard(Guard &&);
#endif
};
void test_guard()
{
optional<Guard> o;
o.emplace(1);
BOOST_CHECK(o);
}
void test_non_assignable()
{
optional<const std::string> o;
o.emplace("cat");
BOOST_CHECK(o);
BOOST_CHECK(*o == "cat");
}
int test_main( int, char* [] )
{
try
{
test_non_constructible();
test_guard();
test_non_assignable();
}
catch ( ... )
{
BOOST_ERROR("Unexpected Exception caught!");
}
return 0;
}

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@ -1,414 +0,0 @@
// Copyright (C) 2014 Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
// Revisions:
//
#include<iostream>
#include<stdexcept>
#include<string>
#define BOOST_ENABLE_ASSERT_HANDLER
#include "boost/bind/apply.hpp" // Included just to test proper interaction with boost::apply<> as reported by Daniel Wallin
#include "boost/mpl/bool.hpp"
#include "boost/mpl/bool_fwd.hpp" // For mpl::true_ and mpl::false_
#include "boost/static_assert.hpp"
#include "boost/optional/optional.hpp"
#ifdef __BORLANDC__
#pragma hdrstop
#endif
#include "boost/none.hpp"
#include "boost/test/minimal.hpp"
#include "optional_test_common.cpp"
//#ifndef BOOST_OPTIONAL_NO_CONVERTING_ASSIGNMENT
//#ifndef BOOST_OPTIONAL_NO_CONVERTING_COPY_CTOR
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES
enum State
{
sDefaultConstructed,
sValueCopyConstructed,
sValueMoveConstructed,
sCopyConstructed,
sMoveConstructed,
sMoveAssigned,
sCopyAssigned,
sValueCopyAssigned,
sValueMoveAssigned,
sMovedFrom,
sIntConstructed
};
struct OracleVal
{
State s;
int i;
OracleVal(int i = 0) : s(sIntConstructed), i(i) {}
};
struct Oracle
{
State s;
OracleVal val;
Oracle() : s(sDefaultConstructed) {}
Oracle(const OracleVal& v) : s(sValueCopyConstructed), val(v) {}
Oracle(OracleVal&& v) : s(sValueMoveConstructed), val(std::move(v)) {v.s = sMovedFrom;}
Oracle(const Oracle& o) : s(sCopyConstructed), val(o.val) {}
Oracle(Oracle&& o) : s(sMoveConstructed), val(std::move(o.val)) {o.s = sMovedFrom;}
Oracle& operator=(const OracleVal& v) { s = sValueCopyAssigned; val = v; return *this; }
Oracle& operator=(OracleVal&& v) { s = sValueMoveAssigned; val = std::move(v); v.s = sMovedFrom; return *this; }
Oracle& operator=(const Oracle& o) { s = sCopyAssigned; val = o.val; return *this; }
Oracle& operator=(Oracle&& o) { s = sMoveAssigned; val = std::move(o.val); o.s = sMovedFrom; return *this; }
};
bool operator==( Oracle const& a, Oracle const& b ) { return a.val.i == b.val.i; }
bool operator!=( Oracle const& a, Oracle const& b ) { return a.val.i != b.val.i; }
void test_move_ctor_from_U()
{
optional<Oracle> o1 ((OracleVal()));
BOOST_CHECK(o1);
BOOST_CHECK(o1->s == sValueMoveConstructed || o1->s == sMoveConstructed);
OracleVal v1;
optional<Oracle> o2 (v1);
BOOST_CHECK(o2);
BOOST_CHECK(o2->s == sValueCopyConstructed || o2->s == sCopyConstructed || o2->s == sMoveConstructed );
BOOST_CHECK(v1.s == sIntConstructed);
optional<Oracle> o3 (boost::move(v1));
BOOST_CHECK(o3);
BOOST_CHECK(o3->s == sValueMoveConstructed || o3->s == sMoveConstructed);
BOOST_CHECK(v1.s == sMovedFrom);
}
void test_move_ctor_form_T()
{
optional<Oracle> o1 ((Oracle()));
BOOST_CHECK(o1);
BOOST_CHECK(o1->s == sMoveConstructed);
Oracle v1;
optional<Oracle> o2 (v1);
BOOST_CHECK(o2);
BOOST_CHECK(o2->s == sCopyConstructed);
BOOST_CHECK(v1.s == sDefaultConstructed);
optional<Oracle> o3 (boost::move(v1));
BOOST_CHECK(o3);
BOOST_CHECK(o3->s == sMoveConstructed);
BOOST_CHECK(v1.s == sMovedFrom);
}
void test_move_ctor_from_optional_T()
{
optional<Oracle> o1;
optional<Oracle> o2(boost::move(o1));
BOOST_CHECK(!o1);
BOOST_CHECK(!o2);
optional<Oracle> o3((Oracle()));
optional<Oracle> o4(boost::move(o3));
BOOST_CHECK(o3);
BOOST_CHECK(o4);
BOOST_CHECK(o3->s == sMovedFrom);
BOOST_CHECK(o4->s == sMoveConstructed);
optional<Oracle> o5((optional<Oracle>()));
BOOST_CHECK(!o5);
optional<Oracle> o6((optional<Oracle>(Oracle())));
BOOST_CHECK(o6);
BOOST_CHECK(o6->s == sMoveConstructed);
optional<Oracle> o7(o6); // does copy ctor from non-const lvalue compile?
}
void test_move_assign_from_U()
{
optional<Oracle> o1 = boost::none; // test if additional ctors didn't break it
o1 = boost::none; // test if additional assignments didn't break it
o1 = OracleVal();
BOOST_CHECK(o1);
BOOST_CHECK(o1->s == sValueMoveConstructed);
o1 = OracleVal();
BOOST_CHECK(o1);
BOOST_CHECK(o1->s == sMoveAssigned);
OracleVal v1;
optional<Oracle> o2;
o2 = v1;
BOOST_CHECK(o2);
BOOST_CHECK(o2->s == sValueCopyConstructed);
BOOST_CHECK(v1.s == sIntConstructed);
o2 = v1;
BOOST_CHECK(o2);
BOOST_CHECK(o2->s == sCopyAssigned || o2->s == sMoveAssigned);
BOOST_CHECK(v1.s == sIntConstructed);
optional<Oracle> o3;
o3 = boost::move(v1);
BOOST_CHECK(o3);
BOOST_CHECK(o3->s == sValueMoveConstructed);
BOOST_CHECK(v1.s == sMovedFrom);
}
void test_move_assign_from_T()
{
optional<Oracle> o1;
o1 = Oracle();
BOOST_CHECK(o1);
BOOST_CHECK(o1->s == sMoveConstructed);
o1 = Oracle();
BOOST_CHECK(o1);
BOOST_CHECK(o1->s == sMoveAssigned);
Oracle v1;
optional<Oracle> o2;
o2 = v1;
BOOST_CHECK(o2);
BOOST_CHECK(o2->s == sCopyConstructed);
BOOST_CHECK(v1.s == sDefaultConstructed);
o2 = v1;
BOOST_CHECK(o2);
BOOST_CHECK(o2->s == sCopyAssigned);
BOOST_CHECK(v1.s == sDefaultConstructed);
optional<Oracle> o3;
o3 = boost::move(v1);
BOOST_CHECK(o3);
BOOST_CHECK(o3->s == sMoveConstructed);
BOOST_CHECK(v1.s == sMovedFrom);
}
void test_move_assign_from_optional_T()
{
optional<Oracle> o1;
optional<Oracle> o2;
o1 = optional<Oracle>();
BOOST_CHECK(!o1);
optional<Oracle> o3((Oracle()));
o1 = o3;
BOOST_CHECK(o3);
BOOST_CHECK(o3->s == sMoveConstructed);
BOOST_CHECK(o1);
BOOST_CHECK(o1->s == sCopyConstructed);
o2 = boost::move(o3);
BOOST_CHECK(o3);
BOOST_CHECK(o3->s == sMovedFrom);
BOOST_CHECK(o2);
BOOST_CHECK(o2->s == sMoveConstructed);
o2 = optional<Oracle>((Oracle()));
BOOST_CHECK(o2);
BOOST_CHECK(o2->s == sMoveAssigned);
}
class MoveOnly
{
public:
int val;
MoveOnly(int v) : val(v) {}
MoveOnly(MoveOnly&& rhs) : val(rhs.val) { rhs.val = 0; }
void operator=(MoveOnly&& rhs) {val = rhs.val; rhs.val = 0; }
private:
MoveOnly(MoveOnly const&);
void operator=(MoveOnly const&);
friend class MoveOnlyB;
};
void test_with_move_only()
{
optional<MoveOnly> o1;
optional<MoveOnly> o2((MoveOnly(1)));
BOOST_CHECK(o2);
BOOST_CHECK(o2->val == 1);
optional<MoveOnly> o3 (boost::move(o1));
BOOST_CHECK(!o3);
optional<MoveOnly> o4 (boost::move(o2));
BOOST_CHECK(o4);
BOOST_CHECK(o4->val == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(o2);
BOOST_CHECK(o2->val == 0);
o3 = boost::move(o4);
BOOST_CHECK(o3);
BOOST_CHECK(o3->val == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(o4);
BOOST_CHECK(o4->val == 0);
}
class MoveOnlyB
{
public:
int val;
MoveOnlyB(int v) : val(v) {}
MoveOnlyB(MoveOnlyB&& rhs) : val(rhs.val) { rhs.val = 0; }
void operator=(MoveOnlyB&& rhs) {val = rhs.val; rhs.val = 0; }
MoveOnlyB(MoveOnly&& rhs) : val(rhs.val) { rhs.val = 0; }
void operator=(MoveOnly&& rhs) {val = rhs.val; rhs.val = 0; }
private:
MoveOnlyB(MoveOnlyB const&);
void operator=(MoveOnlyB const&);
MoveOnlyB(MoveOnly const&);
void operator=(MoveOnly const&);
};
void test_move_assign_from_optional_U()
{
optional<MoveOnly> a((MoveOnly(2)));
optional<MoveOnlyB> b1;
b1 = boost::move(a);
BOOST_CHECK(b1);
BOOST_CHECK(b1->val == 2);
BOOST_CHECK(a);
BOOST_CHECK(a->val == 0);
b1 = MoveOnly(4);
BOOST_CHECK(b1);
BOOST_CHECK(b1->val == 4);
}
void test_move_ctor_from_optional_U()
{
optional<MoveOnly> a((MoveOnly(2)));
optional<MoveOnlyB> b1(boost::move(a));
BOOST_CHECK(b1);
BOOST_CHECK(b1->val == 2);
BOOST_CHECK(a);
BOOST_CHECK(a->val == 0);
optional<MoveOnlyB> b2(( optional<MoveOnly>(( MoveOnly(4) )) ));
BOOST_CHECK(b2);
BOOST_CHECK(b2->val == 4);
}
void test_swap()
{
optional<MoveOnly> a((MoveOnly(2)));
optional<MoveOnly> b((MoveOnly(3)));
swap(a, b);
BOOST_CHECK(a->val == 3);
BOOST_CHECK(b->val == 2);
}
void test_optional_ref_to_movables()
{
MoveOnly m(3);
optional<MoveOnly&> orm = m;
orm->val = 2;
BOOST_CHECK(m.val == 2);
optional<MoveOnly&> orm2 = orm;
orm2->val = 1;
BOOST_CHECK(m.val == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(orm->val == 1);
optional<MoveOnly&> orm3 = boost::move(orm);
orm3->val = 4;
BOOST_CHECK(m.val == 4);
BOOST_CHECK(orm->val == 4);
BOOST_CHECK(orm2->val == 4);
}
// these 4 classes have different noexcept signatures in move operations
struct NothrowBoth {
NothrowBoth(NothrowBoth&&) BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(true) {};
void operator=(NothrowBoth&&) BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(true) {};
};
struct NothrowCtor {
NothrowCtor(NothrowCtor&&) BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(true) {};
void operator=(NothrowCtor&&) BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(false) {};
};
struct NothrowAssign {
NothrowAssign(NothrowAssign&&) BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(false) {};
void operator=(NothrowAssign&&) BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(true) {};
};
struct NothrowNone {
NothrowNone(NothrowNone&&) BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(false) {};
void operator=(NothrowNone&&) BOOST_NOEXCEPT_IF(false) {};
};
#ifndef BOOST_NO_NOEXCEPT
void test_noexcept() // this is a compile-time test
{
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(::boost::is_nothrow_move_constructible<optional<NothrowBoth> >::value);
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(::boost::is_nothrow_move_assignable<optional<NothrowBoth> >::value);
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(BOOST_NOEXCEPT_EXPR(optional<NothrowBoth>()));
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(::boost::is_nothrow_move_constructible<optional<NothrowCtor> >::value);
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(!::boost::is_nothrow_move_assignable<optional<NothrowCtor> >::value);
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(BOOST_NOEXCEPT_EXPR(optional<NothrowCtor>()));
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(!::boost::is_nothrow_move_constructible<optional<NothrowAssign> >::value);
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(!::boost::is_nothrow_move_assignable<optional<NothrowAssign> >::value);
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(BOOST_NOEXCEPT_EXPR(optional<NothrowAssign>()));
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(!::boost::is_nothrow_move_constructible<optional<NothrowNone> >::value);
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(!::boost::is_nothrow_move_assignable<optional<NothrowNone> >::value);
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(BOOST_NOEXCEPT_EXPR(optional<NothrowNone>()));
}
#endif // !defned BOOST_NO_NOEXCEPT
#endif
int test_main( int, char* [] )
{
try
{
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES
test_move_ctor_from_U();
test_move_ctor_form_T();
test_move_ctor_from_optional_T();
test_move_ctor_from_optional_U();
test_move_assign_from_U();
test_move_assign_from_T();
test_move_assign_from_optional_T();
test_move_assign_from_optional_U();
test_with_move_only();
test_optional_ref_to_movables();
test_swap();
#endif
}
catch ( ... )
{
BOOST_ERROR("Unexpected Exception caught!");
}
return 0;
}

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int i = 0 ;
optional<int&> ori1 = i ;
BOOST_CHECK( &(*ori1) == &i ) ;
optional<int&> ori2(i) ;
BOOST_CHECK( &(*ori2) == &i ) ;
int const ci = 0 ;
optional<int const&> orci1 = ci ;
BOOST_CHECK( &(*orci1) == &ci ) ;
optional<int const&> orci2(ci) ;
BOOST_CHECK( &(*orci2) == &ci ) ;
}
@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ int test_main( int, char* [] )
{
test_with_class_type();
test_with_builtin_types();
test_binding();
test_binding();
}
catch ( ... )
{

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// Copyright (C) 2014, andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
#include "boost/optional.hpp"
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES
//
// THIS TEST SHOULD FAIL TO COMPILE
//
void optional_reference__test_no_assign_from_Trefref()
{
boost::optional<const int&> opt;
opt = int(3);
}
#else
# error "Test skipped. This cannot be implemented w/o rvalue references."
#endif

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// Copyright (C) 2014, andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
#include "boost/optional.hpp"
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES
//
// THIS TEST SHOULD FAIL TO COMPILE
//
void optional_reference__test_no_assign_from_Urefref()
{
boost::optional<const int&> opt;
opt = long(3);
}
#else
# error "Test skipped. This cannot be implemented w/o rvalue references."
#endif

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// Copyright (C) 2014, andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
#include "boost/optional.hpp"
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES
//
// THIS TEST SHOULD FAIL TO COMPILE
//
void optional_reference__test_no_init_from_Trefref()
{
boost::optional<const int&> opt = int(3);
}
#else
# error "Test skipped. This cannot be implemented w/o rvalue references."
#endif

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// Copyright (C) 2014, andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
#include "boost/optional.hpp"
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES
//
// THIS TEST SHOULD FAIL TO COMPILE
//
void optional_reference__test_no_init_from_Urefref()
{
boost::optional<const int&> opt = long(3);
}
#else
# error "Test skipped. This cannot be implemented w/o rvalue references."
#endif

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// Copyright (C) 2014 Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
// Revisions:
//
#include<iostream>
#include<stdexcept>
//#include<string>
#define BOOST_ENABLE_ASSERT_HANDLER
//#include "boost/bind/apply.hpp" // Included just to test proper interaction with boost::apply<> as reported by Daniel Wallin
#include "boost/mpl/bool.hpp"
#include "boost/mpl/bool_fwd.hpp" // For mpl::true_ and mpl::false_
#include "boost/static_assert.hpp"
#include "boost/optional/optional.hpp"
#ifdef __BORLANDC__
#pragma hdrstop
#endif
#include "boost/test/minimal.hpp"
#include "optional_test_common.cpp"
const int global_i = 0;
class TestingReferenceBinding
{
public:
TestingReferenceBinding(const int& ii)
{
BOOST_CHECK(&ii == &global_i);
}
void operator=(const int& ii)
{
BOOST_CHECK(&ii == &global_i);
}
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES
void operator=(int&&)
{
BOOST_CHECK(false);
}
#endif
};
class TestingReferenceBinding2 // same definition as above, I need a different type
{
public:
TestingReferenceBinding2(const int& ii)
{
BOOST_CHECK(&ii == &global_i);
}
void operator=(const int& ii)
{
BOOST_CHECK(&ii == &global_i);
}
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES
void operator=(int&&)
{
BOOST_CHECK(false);
}
#endif
};
void test_broken_compiler()
{
// we are not testing boost::optional here, but the c++ compiler
// if this test fails, optional references will obviously fail too
const int& iref = global_i;
BOOST_CHECK(&iref == &global_i);
TestingReferenceBinding ttt = global_i;
ttt = global_i;
TestingReferenceBinding2 ttt2 = iref;
ttt2 = iref;
}
int test_main( int, char* [] )
{
try
{
test_broken_compiler();
}
catch ( ... )
{
BOOST_ERROR("Unexpected Exception caught!");
}
return 0;
}

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// Copyright (C) 2014 Andrzej Krzemienski.
//
// Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
// See http://www.boost.org/lib/optional for documentation.
//
// You are welcome to contact the author at:
// akrzemi1@gmail.com
//
// Revisions:
//
#include<iostream>
#include<stdexcept>
#include<string>
#define BOOST_ENABLE_ASSERT_HANDLER
#include "boost/bind/apply.hpp" // Included just to test proper interaction with boost::apply<> as reported by Daniel Wallin
#include "boost/mpl/bool.hpp"
#include "boost/mpl/bool_fwd.hpp" // For mpl::true_ and mpl::false_
#include "boost/optional/optional.hpp"
#ifdef __BORLANDC__
#pragma hdrstop
#endif
#include "boost/none.hpp"
#include "boost/test/minimal.hpp"
#include "optional_test_common.cpp"
struct IntWrapper
{
int _i;
IntWrapper(int i) : _i(i) {}
bool operator==(IntWrapper const& rhs) const { return _i == rhs._i; }
};
template <typename T>
void test_function_value_or_for()
{
optional<T> oM0;
const optional<T> oC0;
optional<T> oM1(1);
const optional<T> oC2(2);
BOOST_CHECK(oM0.value_or(5) == 5);
BOOST_CHECK(oC0.value_or(5) == 5);
BOOST_CHECK(oM1.value_or(5) == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(oC2.value_or(5) == 2);
}
template <typename T>
void test_function_value_for()
{
optional<T> o0;
optional<T> o1(1);
const optional<T> oC(2);
try
{
T& v = o1.value();
BOOST_CHECK(v == 1);
}
catch(...)
{
BOOST_CHECK(false);
}
try
{
T const& v = oC.value();
BOOST_CHECK(v == 2);
}
catch(...)
{
BOOST_CHECK(false);
}
try
{
T& v = o0.value();
BOOST_CHECK(false);
boost::ignore_unused(v);
}
catch(boost::bad_optional_access const&)
{
}
catch(...)
{
BOOST_CHECK(false);
}
}
void test_function_value()
{
test_function_value_for<int>();
test_function_value_for<double>();
test_function_value_for<IntWrapper>();
}
struct FatToIntConverter
{
static int conversions;
int _val;
FatToIntConverter(int val) : _val(val) {}
operator int() const { conversions += 1; return _val; }
};
int FatToIntConverter::conversions = 0;
void test_function_value_or()
{
test_function_value_or_for<int>();
test_function_value_or_for<double>();
test_function_value_or_for<IntWrapper>();
optional<int> oi(1);
BOOST_CHECK(oi.value_or(FatToIntConverter(2)) == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(FatToIntConverter::conversions == 0);
oi = boost::none;
BOOST_CHECK(oi.value_or(FatToIntConverter(2)) == 2);
BOOST_CHECK(FatToIntConverter::conversions == 1);
}
struct FunM
{
int operator()() { return 5; }
};
struct FunC
{
int operator()() const { return 6; }
};
int funP ()
{
return 7;
}
int throw_()
{
throw int();
}
void test_function_value_or_eval()
{
optional<int> o1 = 1;
optional<int> oN;
FunM funM;
FunC funC;
BOOST_CHECK(o1.value_or_eval(funM) == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(oN.value_or_eval(funM) == 5);
BOOST_CHECK(o1.value_or_eval(FunM()) == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(oN.value_or_eval(FunM()) == 5);
BOOST_CHECK(o1.value_or_eval(funC) == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(oN.value_or_eval(funC) == 6);
BOOST_CHECK(o1.value_or_eval(FunC()) == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(oN.value_or_eval(FunC()) == 6);
BOOST_CHECK(o1.value_or_eval(funP) == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(oN.value_or_eval(funP) == 7);
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_LAMBDAS
BOOST_CHECK(o1.value_or_eval([](){return 8;}) == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(oN.value_or_eval([](){return 8;}) == 8);
#endif
try
{
BOOST_CHECK(o1.value_or_eval(throw_) == 1);
}
catch(...)
{
BOOST_CHECK(false);
}
try
{
BOOST_CHECK(oN.value_or_eval(throw_) == 1);
BOOST_CHECK(false);
}
catch(...)
{
BOOST_CHECK(true);
}
}
const optional<std::string> makeConstOptVal()
{
return std::string("something");
}
void test_const_move()
{
std::string s5 = *makeConstOptVal();
std::string s6 = makeConstOptVal().value();
boost::ignore_unused(s5);
boost::ignore_unused(s6);
}
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_REF_QUALIFIERS
struct MoveOnly
{
explicit MoveOnly(int){}
MoveOnly(MoveOnly &&){}
void operator=(MoveOnly &&);
private:
MoveOnly(MoveOnly const&);
void operator=(MoveOnly const&);
};
optional<MoveOnly> makeMoveOnly()
{
return MoveOnly(1);
}
MoveOnly moveOnlyDefault()
{
return MoveOnly(1);
}
// compile-time test
void test_move_only_getters()
{
MoveOnly m1 = *makeMoveOnly();
MoveOnly m2 = makeMoveOnly().value();
MoveOnly m3 = makeMoveOnly().value_or(MoveOnly(1));
MoveOnly m4 = makeMoveOnly().value_or_eval(moveOnlyDefault);
boost::ignore_unused(m1);
boost::ignore_unused(m2);
boost::ignore_unused(m3);
boost::ignore_unused(m4);
}
#endif // !defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_REF_QUALIFIERS
int test_main( int, char* [] )
{
try
{
test_function_value();
test_function_value_or();
test_function_value_or_eval();
test_const_move();
}
catch ( ... )
{
BOOST_ERROR("Unexpected Exception caught!");
}
return 0;
}