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Re: Vector implementation of behavior when inserting objects whose copy constructor can throw

From: Jason McKesson <jmckesson_at_[hidden]>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:06:35 -0400
On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 3:47 PM Giuseppe D'Angelo via Std-Discussion
<std-discussion_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 25/07/2021 20:45, Jason McKesson via Std-Discussion wrote:
> > The
> > standard makes it clear that if `T` is not CopyInsertable, and `T`'s
> > move constructor throws, then the state of the `vector` is
> > unspecified. But otherwise, the `vector<T>`'s state in the event of an
> > exception is unchanged.
>
> The Standard puts a lot of requirements for this to happen; do you have
> a reference to the relevant parts?

Yes: https://timsong-cpp.github.io/cppwp/n4861/vector.modifiers#1

>From that section:

> If an exception is thrown other than by the copy constructor, move constructor, assignment operator, or move assignment operator of T or by any InputIterator operation there are no effects. If an exception is thrown while inserting a single element at the end and T is Cpp17CopyInsertable or is_­nothrow_­move_­constructible_­v<T> is true, there are no effects. Otherwise, if an exception is thrown by the move constructor of a non-Cpp17CopyInsertable T, the effects are unspecified.

I see no section here which allows "the effects are unspecified" if a
copy constructor throws.

>
> If you asked me randomly, I would've said that for a type 2 (throwing
> copiable, throwing movable) the only guarantee (if any) could've been
> the basic one, not the strong one...
>
> Thanks,
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Received on 2021-07-27 16:06:48