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Subject: Re: [boost] [move] unique_ptr converting constructor
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-05 18:13:44


Ion Gaztañaga wrote:
> That's because the converting constructor is programed as taking
> rv<unique_ptr<U, E>> (similar to unique_ptr<U, E> &&) and that provokes
> emulation limitations when returning by value convertible types.

Yes. I tried to give it the result of boost::move, which should be rv<>, but
it still didn't work.

By value has its own limitations, as described.

This aside, ought not unique_ptr and make_unique be in boost instead of
movelib? I'll remove boost::make_unique if we do this.


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