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| 13 | <Head> |
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| 14 | <Title>Copy Constructible</Title> |
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| 22 | <H1>Copy Constructible</H1> |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | <h3>Description</h3> |
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| 25 | A type is Copy Constructible if it is possible to copy objects of that |
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| 26 | type. |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | <h3>Notation</h3> |
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| 29 | <Table> |
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| 30 | <TR> |
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| 31 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 32 | <tt>T</tt> |
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| 33 | </TD> |
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| 34 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 35 | is type that is a model of Copy Constructible |
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| 36 | </TD> |
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| 37 | </TR> |
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| 38 | |
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| 39 | <TR> |
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| 40 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 41 | <tt>t</tt> |
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| 42 | </TD> |
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| 43 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 44 | is an object of type <tt>T</tt> |
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| 45 | </TD> |
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| 46 | </tr> |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | <TR> |
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| 49 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 50 | <tt>u</tt> |
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| 51 | </TD> |
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| 52 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 53 | is an object of type <tt>const T</tt> |
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| 54 | </TD> |
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| 55 | </tr> |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | </table> |
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| 58 | <h3>Definitions</h3> |
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| 59 | <h3>Valid expressions</h3> |
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| 60 | <Table border> |
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| 61 | <TR> |
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| 62 | <TH> |
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| 63 | Name |
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| 64 | </TH> |
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| 65 | <TH> |
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| 66 | Expression |
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| 67 | </TH> |
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| 68 | <TH> |
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| 69 | Return type |
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| 70 | </TH> |
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| 71 | <TH> |
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| 72 | Semantics |
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| 73 | </TH> |
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| 74 | </TR> |
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| 75 | <TR> |
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| 76 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 77 | Copy constructor |
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| 78 | </TD> |
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| 79 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 80 | <tt>T(t)</tt> |
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| 81 | </TD> |
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| 82 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 83 | <tt>T</tt> |
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| 84 | </TD> |
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| 85 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 86 | <tt>t</tt> is equivalent to <tt>T(t)</tt> |
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| 87 | </TD> |
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| 88 | </TR> |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | |
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| 91 | <TR> |
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| 92 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 93 | Copy constructor |
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| 94 | </TD> |
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| 95 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 96 | <pre> |
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| 97 | T(u) |
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| 98 | </pre> |
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| 99 | </TD> |
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| 100 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 101 | <tt>T</tt> |
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| 102 | </TD> |
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| 103 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 104 | <tt>u</tt> is equivalent to <tt>T(u)</tt> |
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| 105 | </TD> |
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| 106 | </TR> |
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| 107 | |
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| 108 | |
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| 109 | <TR> |
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| 110 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 111 | Destructor |
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| 112 | </TD> |
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| 113 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 114 | <pre> |
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| 115 | t.~T() |
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| 116 | </pre> |
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| 117 | </TD> |
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| 118 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 119 | <tt>T</tt> |
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| 120 | </TD> |
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| 121 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 122 | |
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| 123 | </TD> |
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| 124 | </TR> |
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| 125 | |
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| 126 | <TR> |
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| 127 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 128 | Address Operator |
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| 129 | </TD> |
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| 130 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 131 | <pre> |
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| 132 | &t |
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| 133 | </pre> |
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| 134 | </TD> |
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| 135 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 136 | <tt>T*</tt> |
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| 137 | </TD> |
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| 138 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 139 | denotes the address of <tt>t</tt> |
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| 140 | </TD> |
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| 141 | </TR> |
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| 142 | |
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| 143 | <TR> |
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| 144 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 145 | Address Operator |
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| 146 | </TD> |
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| 147 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 148 | <pre> |
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| 149 | &u |
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| 150 | </pre> |
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| 151 | </TD> |
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| 152 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 153 | <tt>T*</tt> |
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| 154 | </TD> |
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| 155 | <TD VAlign=top> |
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| 156 | denotes the address of <tt>u</tt> |
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| 162 | </table> |
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| 165 | </table> |
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| 166 | <h3>Models</h3> |
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| 167 | |
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| 168 | <UL> |
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| 169 | <LI><tt>int</tt> |
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| 170 | <LI><tt>std::pair</tt> |
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| 171 | </UL> |
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| 172 | |
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| 173 | <h3>Concept Checking Class</h3> |
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| 174 | |
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| 175 | <pre> |
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| 176 | template <class T> |
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| 177 | struct CopyConstructibleConcept |
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| 178 | { |
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| 179 | void constraints() { |
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| 180 | T a(b); // require copy constructor |
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| 181 | T* ptr = &a; // require address of operator |
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| 182 | const_constraints(a); |
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| 183 | ignore_unused_variable_warning(ptr); |
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| 184 | } |
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| 185 | void const_constraints(const T& a) { |
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| 186 | T c(a); // require const copy constructor |
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| 187 | const T* ptr = &a; // require const address of operator |
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| 188 | ignore_unused_variable_warning(c); |
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| 189 | ignore_unused_variable_warning(ptr); |
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| 190 | } |
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| 191 | T b; |
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| 192 | }; |
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| 193 | </pre> |
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| 194 | |
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| 195 | <h3>See also</h3> |
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| 196 | <A |
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| 197 | href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/DefaultConstructible.html">Default Constructible</A> |
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| 198 | and |
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| 199 | <A hrefa="./Assignable.html">Assignable</A> |
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| 205 | <TD nowrap>Copyright © 2000</TD><TD> |
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| 206 | <A HREF=http://www.lsc.nd.edu/~jsiek>Jeremy Siek</A>, Univ.of Notre Dame (<A HREF="mailto:jsiek@lsc.nd.edu">jsiek@lsc.nd.edu</A>) |
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