rvalue references in libstdc++
Chris Jefferson
chris@bubblescope.net
Mon Apr 30 20:11:00 GMT 2007
Hello,
I've been looking at updating the v7 branch to support "true" rvalue
references. The code already there which implements it with a
wrapper-hack will (purposefully) map very easily to the "true"
semantics.
Obviously it would be nice to avoid code duplication, but at the same
time I assume the library will need to still function without rvalue
references, in C++03 mode.
There are as far as I can see only two real problems.
1) A bunch of new functions
2) References to std::move all over the place.
Therefore, my plan is as follows:
1) Stick #ifdefs around the new functions
2) Define a macro, something like _GLIBCXX_MOVE, which is defined
something like:
#ifdef rvalrefs
#define _GLIBCXX_MOVE(x) move(x)
#else
#define _GLIBCXX_MOVE(x) x
#endif
These two cases seem to cover 99% (possibly 100%) of the issues
involving keeping the library working both with and without rvalue
references. Obviously submitting this code is waiting on the rvalue
reference support in the compiler itself.
Comments?
Chris
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