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26 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> | |
27 | <a name="boost_optional.dependencies_and_portability.optional_reference_binding"></a><a class="link" href="optional_reference_binding.html" title="Optional Reference Binding">Optional | |
28 | Reference Binding</a> | |
29 | </h3></div></div></div> | |
30 | <p> | |
31 | <a name="optional_reference_binding"></a>A number of compilers incorrectly | |
32 | treat const lvalues of integral type as rvalues, and create an illegal temporary | |
33 | when binding to an lvalue reference to const in some expressions. This could | |
34 | result in creating an optional lvalue reference that is in fact bound to | |
35 | an unexpected temporary rather than to the intended object. In order to prevent | |
36 | hard to find run-time bugs, this library performs compile-time checks to | |
37 | prevent expressions that would otherwise bind an optional reference to an | |
38 | unexpected temporary. As a consequence, on certain compilers certain pieces | |
39 | of functionality in optional references are missing. In order to maintain | |
40 | a portability of your code across diferent compilers, it is recommended that | |
41 | you only stick to the minimum portable interface of optional references: | |
42 | prefer direct-initialization and copy assignment of optional references to | |
43 | copy-initialization and assignment from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&</span></code>: | |
44 | </p> | |
45 | <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
46 | <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&></span> <span class="identifier">or1</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
47 | <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&></span> <span class="identifier">or2</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// caution: not portable</span> | |
48 | <span class="identifier">or1</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// caution: not portable</span> | |
49 | ||
50 | <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&></span> <span class="identifier">or3</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// portable</span> | |
51 | <span class="identifier">or1</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&>(</span><span class="identifier">i</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// portable</span> | |
52 | </pre> | |
53 | <p> | |
54 | Compilers known to have these deficiencies include GCC versions 4.2, 4.3, | |
55 | 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2; QCC 4.4.2; MSVC versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0. | |
56 | In order to check if your compiler correctly implements reference binding | |
57 | use this test program. | |
58 | </p> | |
59 | <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">cassert</span><span class="special">></span> | |
60 | ||
61 | <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">global_i</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
62 | ||
63 | <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">TestingReferenceBinding</span> | |
64 | <span class="special">{</span> | |
65 | <span class="identifier">TestingReferenceBinding</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">ii</span><span class="special">)</span> | |
66 | <span class="special">{</span> | |
67 | <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">ii</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
68 | <span class="special">}</span> | |
69 | ||
70 | <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">ii</span><span class="special">)</span> | |
71 | <span class="special">{</span> | |
72 | <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">ii</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
73 | <span class="special">}</span> | |
74 | ||
75 | <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&&)</span> <span class="comment">// remove this if your compiler doesn't have rvalue refs</span> | |
76 | <span class="special">{</span> | |
77 | <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">false</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
78 | <span class="special">}</span> | |
79 | <span class="special">};</span> | |
80 | ||
81 | <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span> | |
82 | <span class="special">{</span> | |
83 | <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">iref</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
84 | <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">iref</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="special">&</span><span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">);</span> | |
85 | ||
86 | <span class="identifier">TestingReferenceBinding</span> <span class="identifier">ttt</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
87 | <span class="identifier">ttt</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">global_i</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
88 | ||
89 | <span class="identifier">TestingReferenceBinding</span> <span class="identifier">ttt2</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">iref</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
90 | <span class="identifier">ttt2</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">iref</span><span class="special">;</span> | |
91 | <span class="special">}</span> | |
92 | </pre> | |
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