23 General utilities library [utilities]

23.6 Optional objects [optional]

23.6.3 Class template optional [optional.optional]

23.6.3.1 Constructors [optional.ctor]

constexpr optional() noexcept; constexpr optional(nullopt_t) noexcept;
Postconditions: *this does not contain a value.
Remarks: No contained value is initialized.
For every object type T these constructors shall be constexpr constructors ([dcl.constexpr]).
constexpr optional(const optional& rhs);
Effects: If rhs contains a value, initializes the contained value as if direct-non-list-initializing an object of type T with the expression *rhs.
Postconditions: bool(rhs) == bool(*this).
Throws: Any exception thrown by the selected constructor of T.
Remarks: This constructor shall be defined as deleted unless is_­copy_­constructible_­v<T> is true.
If is_­trivially_­copy_­constructible_­v<T> is true, this constructor shall be a constexpr constructor.
constexpr optional(optional&& rhs) noexcept(see below);
Effects: If rhs contains a value, initializes the contained value as if direct-non-list-initializing an object of type T with the expression std​::​move(*rhs).
bool(rhs) is unchanged.
Postconditions: bool(rhs) == bool(*this).
Throws: Any exception thrown by the selected constructor of T.
Remarks: The expression inside noexcept is equivalent to is_­nothrow_­move_­constructible_­v<T>.
This constructor shall not participate in overload resolution unless is_­move_­constructible_­v<T> is true.
If is_­trivially_­move_­constructible_­v<T> is true, this constructor shall be a constexpr constructor.
template <class... Args> constexpr explicit optional(in_place_t, Args&&... args);
Effects: Initializes the contained value as if direct-non-list-initializing an object of type T with the arguments std​::​forward<Args>(args)....
Postconditions: *this contains a value.
Throws: Any exception thrown by the selected constructor of T.
Remarks: If T's constructor selected for the initialization is a constexpr constructor, this constructor shall be a constexpr constructor.
This constructor shall not participate in overload resolution unless is_­constructible_­v<T, Args...> is true.
template <class U, class... Args> constexpr explicit optional(in_place_t, initializer_list<U> il, Args&&... args);
Effects: Initializes the contained value as if direct-non-list-initializing an object of type T with the arguments il, std​::​forward<Args>(args)....
Postconditions: *this contains a value.
Throws: Any exception thrown by the selected constructor of T.
Remarks: This constructor shall not participate in overload resolution unless is_­constructible_­v<T, initializer_­list<U>&, Args&&...> is true.
If T's constructor selected for the initialization is a constexpr constructor, this constructor shall be a constexpr constructor.
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The following constructors are conditionally specified as explicit.
This is typically implemented by declaring two such constructors, of which at most one participates in overload resolution.
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template <class U = T> EXPLICIT constexpr optional(U&& v);
Effects: Initializes the contained value as if direct-non-list-initializing an object of type T with the expression std​::​forward<U>(v).
Postconditions: *this contains a value.
Throws: Any exception thrown by the selected constructor of T.
Remarks: If T's selected constructor is a constexpr constructor, this constructor shall be a constexpr constructor.
This constructor shall not participate in overload resolution unless is_­constructible_­v<T, U&&> is true, is_­same_­v<decay_­t<U>, in_­place_­t> is false, and is_­same_­v<optional<T>, decay_­t<U>> is false.
The constructor is explicit if and only if is_­convertible_­v<U&&, T> is false.
template <class U> EXPLICIT optional(const optional<U>& rhs);
Effects: If rhs contains a value, initializes the contained value as if direct-non-list-initializing an object of type T with the expression *rhs.
Postconditions: bool(rhs) == bool(*this).
Throws: Any exception thrown by the selected constructor of T.
Remarks: This constructor shall not participate in overload resolution unless
  • is_­constructible_­v<T, const U&> is true,
  • is_­constructible_­v<T, optional<U>&> is false,
  • is_­constructible_­v<T, optional<U>&&> is false,
  • is_­constructible_­v<T, const optional<U>&> is false,
  • is_­constructible_­v<T, const optional<U>&&> is false,
  • is_­convertible_­v<optional<U>&, T> is false,
  • is_­convertible_­v<optional<U>&&, T> is false,
  • is_­convertible_­v<const optional<U>&, T> is false, and
  • is_­convertible_­v<const optional<U>&&, T> is false.
The constructor is explicit if and only if is_­convertible_­v<const U&, T> is false.
template <class U> EXPLICIT optional(optional<U>&& rhs);
Effects: If rhs contains a value, initializes the contained value as if direct-non-list-initializing an object of type T with the expression std​::​move(*rhs).
bool(rhs) is unchanged.
Postconditions: bool(rhs) == bool(*this).
Throws: Any exception thrown by the selected constructor of T.
Remarks: This constructor shall not participate in overload resolution unless
  • is_­constructible_­v<T, U&&> is true,
  • is_­constructible_­v<T, optional<U>&> is false,
  • is_­constructible_­v<T, optional<U>&&> is false,
  • is_­constructible_­v<T, const optional<U>&> is false,
  • is_­constructible_­v<T, const optional<U>&&> is false,
  • is_­convertible_­v<optional<U>&, T> is false,
  • is_­convertible_­v<optional<U>&&, T> is false,
  • is_­convertible_­v<const optional<U>&, T> is false, and
  • is_­convertible_­v<const optional<U>&&, T> is false.
The constructor is explicit if and only if is_­convertible_­v<U&&, T> is false.