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+<p>
+ For classes made up of other classes (via either composition or inheritance),
+ the move constructor and move assignment can be easily coded using the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span></code>
+ function:
+ </p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+ <span class="identifier">BOOST_COPYABLE_AND_MOVABLE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">)</span>
+
+ <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
+ <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">(){}</span>
+
+ <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{/**/}</span> <span class="comment">// Copy ctor</span>
+
+ <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_RV_REF</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{/**/}</span> <span class="comment">// Move ctor</span>
+
+ <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_RV_REF</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span>
+ <span class="special">{/**/</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;}</span> <span class="comment">// Move assign</span>
+
+ <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_COPY_ASSIGN_REF</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span>
+ <span class="special">{/**/</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;}</span> <span class="comment">// Copy assign</span>
+
+ <span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">clone</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span>
+ <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="keyword">new</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">(*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+
+<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Member</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+ <span class="identifier">BOOST_COPYABLE_AND_MOVABLE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Member</span><span class="special">)</span>
+
+ <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
+ <span class="identifier">Member</span><span class="special">(){}</span>
+
+ <span class="comment">// Compiler-generated copy constructor...</span>
+
+ <span class="identifier">Member</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_RV_REF</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Member</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="special">{/**/}</span> <span class="comment">// Move ctor</span>
+
+ <span class="identifier">Member</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_RV_REF</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Member</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="comment">// Move assign</span>
+ <span class="special">{/**/</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+
+ <span class="identifier">Member</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_COPY_ASSIGN_REF</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Member</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="comment">// Copy assign</span>
+ <span class="special">{/**/</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+
+<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Derived</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword">public</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+ <span class="identifier">BOOST_COPYABLE_AND_MOVABLE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">)</span>
+ <span class="identifier">Member</span> <span class="identifier">mem_</span><span class="special">;</span>
+
+ <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
+ <span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">(){}</span>
+
+ <span class="comment">// Compiler-generated copy constructor...</span>
+
+ <span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_RV_REF</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="comment">// Move ctor</span>
+ <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">static_cast</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">))),</span>
+ <span class="identifier">mem_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">mem_</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+
+ <span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_RV_REF</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="comment">// Move assign</span>
+ <span class="special">{</span>
+ <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">static_cast</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)));</span>
+ <span class="identifier">mem_</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">mem_</span><span class="special">);</span>
+ <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="special">}</span>
+
+ <span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="identifier">BOOST_COPY_ASSIGN_REF</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="comment">// Copy assign</span>
+ <span class="special">{</span>
+ <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="keyword">static_cast</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">));</span>
+ <span class="identifier">mem_</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">mem_</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="special">}</span>
+ <span class="comment">// ...</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+ </p>
+<div class="important"><table border="0" summary="Important">
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Important]" src="../../../doc/src/images/important.png"></td>
+<th align="left">Important</th>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
+ Due to limitations in the emulation code, a cast to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Base</span>
+ <span class="special">&amp;</span></code> is needed before moving the
+ base part in the move constructor and call Base's move constructor instead
+ of the copy constructor.
+ </p></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+<p>
+ Each subobject will now be treated individually, calling move to bind to the
+ subobject's move constructors and move assignment operators. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Member</span></code> has move operations coded (just like
+ our earlier <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">clone_ptr</span></code> example)
+ which will completely avoid the tremendously more expensive copy operations:
+ </p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">Derived</span> <span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="identifier">Derived</span> <span class="identifier">d2</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">));</span>
+<span class="identifier">d2</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+ </p>
+<p>
+ Note above that the argument x is treated as a lvalue reference. That's why
+ it is necessary to say <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
+ instead of just x when passing down to the base class. This is a key safety
+ feature of move semantics designed to prevent accidently moving twice from
+ some named variable. All moves from lvalues occur explicitly.
+ </p>
+</div>
+<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr>
+<td align="left"></td>
+<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright &#169; 2008-2010 Ion Gaztanaga<p>
+ Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+ file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)
+ </p>
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