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RE: RFC: Allow moved-from strings to be non-empty

From: Joe Buck <joe dot buck at synopsys dot com>
To: "libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org" <libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Ville Voutilainen <ville dot voutilainen at gmail dot com>
Cc: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely at redhat dot com>, gcc-patches List <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 22:27:32 +0000
Subject: RE: RFC: Allow moved-from strings to be non-empty
References: <20181025215349.GA12654@redhat.com> <CAFk2RUYJJSXGZB2fVYebAC-1xgoSRQH99kfmmqK=DksSS02hXw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.DEB.2.21.1810260036310.19626@stedding.saclay.inria.fr> <CAFk2RUZGtHycvWjqGGtpbvK6TG0oQWjt4oPzCh65eoH2HFYcgw@mail.gmail.com> <20181026095539.GX23172@redhat.com> <CAFk2RUbu_81F1obeViygmm_+fW+e5DB8O7DDPu1=VjouS-Tafw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.DEB.2.21.1810261221340.23342@stedding.saclay.inria.fr>

The reason move constructors were introduced was to speed up code in cases where an object
Is copied and the copy is no longer needed.  It is unfortunate that there may now be code out
there that relies on accidental properties of library implementations.  It would be best if the
Implementation is not constrained.  Unless the standard mandates that, after a string is moved,
the string is empty, the user should only be able to assume that it is in some consistent but
unspecified state.  Otherwise we pay a performance penalty forever. 

If the standard explicitly states that the argument to the move constructor is defined to be
empty after the call, we're stuck.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: RFC: Allow moved-from strings to be non-empty
  - From: Ville Voutilainen

References:
- RFC: Allow moved-from strings to be non-empty
  - From: Jonathan Wakely
- Re: RFC: Allow moved-from strings to be non-empty
  - From: Ville Voutilainen
- Re: RFC: Allow moved-from strings to be non-empty
  - From: Marc Glisse
- Re: RFC: Allow moved-from strings to be non-empty
  - From: Ville Voutilainen
- Re: RFC: Allow moved-from strings to be non-empty
  - From: Jonathan Wakely
- Re: RFC: Allow moved-from strings to be non-empty
  - From: Ville Voutilainen
- Re: RFC: Allow moved-from strings to be non-empty
  - From: Marc Glisse

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