On 29/04/2021 10:30, Giuseppe D'Angelo via Std-Discussion wrote:
>> I believe things happen in this sequence: 1)
>> element is destroyed, which automatically invalidates pointers to it; 2)
>> new element is created in the same place, "resurrecting" the old
>> pointers via [basic.life]/8; 3) the library clause kicks in and
>> invalidates the resurrected pointers once more.
> Well... "sure"? Does this now make std::vector unimplementable in the
> C++ language, as it requires implementation "magic" to perform 3)?
>
> Is it worth to keep such a thing in the light of the lifetime guarantees
> now provided by the language?


To elaborate: is the "magic" here really something that was part of the
*design* (for the purpose of allowing optimizations, sanitizers checks,
etc.), or just something that was implied by an earlier storage/lifetime
model, and simply not adjusted to the lifetime model we have today?


Thank you,

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