std::ranges::uninitialized_move_n, std::ranges::uninitialized_move_n_result - cppreference.com (original) (raw)

Defined in header
Call signature
template< std::input_iterator I, no-throw-forward-iterator O, no-throw-sentinel-for<O> S > requires std::constructible_from<std::iter_value_t<O>, std::iter_rvalue_reference_t<I>>uninitialized_move_n_result<I, O> uninitialized_move_n( I ifirst, std::iter_difference_t<I> count, O ofirst, S olast ); (1) (since C++20) (constexpr since C++26)
Helper types
template< class I, class O > using uninitialized_move_n_result = ranges::in_out_result<I, O>; (2) (since C++20)

Let \(\scriptsize N\)N be ranges::min(count, ranges::distance(ofirst, olast)).

Copies \(\scriptsize N\)N elements from the range beginning at ifirst (using move semantics if supported) to an uninitialized memory area [ofirst, olast) as if byauto ret = ranges::uninitialized_move(std::counted_iterator(std::move(ifirst), count),
std::default_sentinel, ofirst, olast);
return {std::move(ret.in).base(), ret.out};

If an exception is thrown during the initialization then the objects that already constructed in [ofirst, olast) are destroyed in an unspecified order. Also, the objects in the input range beginning at ifirst, that were already moved, are left in a valid but unspecified state.

If [ofirst, olast) overlaps with ifirst+ [​0​, count), the behavior is undefined.

The function-like entities described on this page are algorithm function objects (informally known as niebloids), that is:

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[edit] Parameters

ifirst - the beginning of the input range of elements to move from
ofirst, olast - the iterator-sentinel pair defining the output range of elements to initialize
n - the number of elements to move

[edit] Return value

As described above.

[edit] Complexity

\(\scriptsize\mathcal{O}(N)\)𝓞(N).

[edit] Exceptions

Any exception thrown on construction of the elements in the destination range.

[edit] Notes

An implementation may improve the efficiency of the ranges::uninitialized_move_n, e.g. by using ranges::copy_n, if the value type of the output range is TrivialType.

Feature-test macro Value Std Feature
__cpp_lib_raw_memory_algorithms 202411L (C++26) constexpr for specialized memory algorithms, (1)

[edit] Possible implementation

struct uninitialized_move_n_fn { template<std::input_iterator I, no-throw-forward-iterator O, no-throw-sentinel-for S> requires std::constructible_from<std::iter_value_t, std::iter_rvalue_reference_t> constexpr ranges::uninitialized_move_n_result<I, O> operator()(I ifirst, std::iter_difference_t count, O ofirst, S olast) const { auto iter = std::counted_iterator(std::move(ifirst), count); auto ret = ranges::uninitialized_move(iter, std::default_sentinel, ofirst, olast); return {std::move(ret.in).base(), ret.out}; } };   inline constexpr uninitialized_move_n_fn uninitialized_move_n{};

[edit] Example

#include #include #include #include #include   void print(auto rem, auto first, auto last) { for (std::cout << rem; first != last; ++first) std::cout << std::quoted(*first) << ' '; std::cout << '\n'; }   int main() { std::string in[]{ "No", "Diagnostic", "Required", }; print("initially, in: ", std::begin(in), std::end(in));   if ( constexpr auto sz = std::size(in); void* out = std::aligned_alloc(alignof(std::string), sizeof(std::string) * sz) ) { try { auto first{static_cast<std::string*>(out)}; auto last{first + sz}; std::ranges::uninitialized_move_n(std::begin(in), sz, first, last);   print("after move, in: ", std::begin(in), std::end(in)); print("after move, out: ", first, last);   std::ranges::destroy(first, last); } catch (...) { std::cout << "Exception!\n"; } std::free(out); } }

Possible output:

initially, in: "No" "Diagnostic" "Required" after move, in: "" "" "" after move, out: "No" "Diagnostic" "Required"

[edit] Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR Applied to Behavior as published Correct behavior
LWG 3870 C++20 this algorithm might create objects on a const storage kept disallowed

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