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Re: [PATCH] PR77990 refactor unique_ptr to encapsulate tuple


On 17/10/16 14:37 +0100, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
We are incorrectly requiring unique_ptr deleters to be copyable here:

    explicit
    unique_ptr(pointer __p) noexcept
    : _M_t(__p, deleter_type())
    { }

We could just do:

    explicit
    unique_ptr(pointer __p) noexcept
    : _M_t()
    { std::get<0>(_M_t) = __p; }

But having to deal directly with the std::tuple inside unique_ptr has
been bothering me for some time. The tuple is used so we get the empty
base-class optimisation for the deleter, but that implementation
detail

ops, a dangling sentence. I meant to say that the tuple implementation
details leaks into the definition of lots of members, which have to
say std::get<0>(_M_t) or std::get<1>(_M_t) instead of using more
natural member names.

This patch refactors unique_ptr to put the std::tuple member into a
new type which provides named accessors for the tuple elements, so we
can stop using get<0> and get<1>. That new type can also provide a
single-argument constructor to fix the copyable requirement for
deleters. This also removes the code for deducing the pointer type
which is duplciated in unique_ptr and unique_ptr<T[], D>, and while in
the neighbourhood I changed it from old-school SFINAE using overloaded
functions to the new hotness with __void_t<>.

I intend to commit this to trunk, but on the branches I'll just fix
the constructor as shown above, as it's a smaller change.

I'll wait a bit longer for any objections, as the refactoring could be
seen as unnecessary churn, but I think it's valuable housekeeping.



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