Re: [Boost-users] what are movable objects

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] what are movable objects
From: Robert Jones (robertgbjones_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-05 11:20:36

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Abbhishek Misra <abhishekfishy2000_at_[hidden]
> wrote:

> Hello Boost Users,
>
> I'm trying to learn multi threading in C++.
>
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/doc/html/thread/thread_management.html
>
> says
>
> "Objects of type boost::thread  are movable, however, so they can be
> stored in move-aware containers, and returned from functions."
>
> Please help me understand what are movable objects.
>
>
Moveable objects are objects supporting move semantics. See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B0x#Rvalue_reference_and_move_semantics

for a rather dry account of move semantics, or probably better see

http://cpp-next.com/archive/2009/08/want-speed-pass-by-value/

where Dave A tells us all about it.

HTH

- Rob.