Managing Object Ownership
Managing the lifetime of dynamically allocated memory and the objects residing in it is one of the challenges that can be hard to do right. It is usually handled by assigning […]
September 2015
Modern C++ Features – Rvalue References
After introducing the concept of move semantics and describing how move constructors and move assignment operators work, I’ll wrap up my discussion of the topic with my answer to one question: […]
Modern C++ Features – Move Constructor and Move Assignment
In my last post I gave a little introduction to move semantics and a very brief description of rvalue references. This time I will cover two special functions that are based on those language features and are key to integrating them into each and every C++ program: The move constructor and move assignment operator.
Modern C++ Features – Move Semantics
One of the biggest changes in C++11 were the introduction of rvalue references to allow the implementation of move semantics. I will give an overview of the basic idea of move semantics, its related features and how to use them.