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Re: const && and for( : ) loop

From: VALERIU SMERICA <valeriu.smerica_at_[hidden]>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 14:18:49 +0200
Nice. Let the game begin.

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 at 01:32, Ryan P. Nicholl via Std-Proposals <
std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I'd like to suggest a meaningful designation for const &&..
>
> Consider for example, the value pointed to by a std::shared_ptr, which
> might be a shared state and therefore immutable, but if you have an rvalue
> shared_ptr, it might be temporary and therefore destroyed at the end of the
> current context. Thus, T const &&, a temporary value which may not be
> modified, might have some meaning.
>
> Currently for ( : ) loop doesn't extend lifetime of T&&. I suggest, first,
> if the evaluation expression of for ( : ) results in T && type, then all
> temporaries in the object to be iterated upon are extended in lifetime
> until the end of the loop body.
>
> This would give some meaning to T const &&, since it would designate a
> temporary which may not be modified. (getting const overloads to the
> iterator values and such) while extending the lifetime of the shared
> pointer throughout the life of the loop body.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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Received on 2021-02-03 06:19:05