Why is it not possible to use initializer_list to initialize a unique_ptr vector?
I'm wondering why initializer_list doesn't work with unique_ptr:
std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int>> vptr = {std::make_unique<int>(1), std::make_unique<int>(2)};
are not compiled.
However:
std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int>> vptr(2);
vptr[0] =std::make_unique<int>(1);
vptr[1] =std::make_unique<int>(2);
compilation.
and
std::vector<int*>vint={new int{1},new int{2}};
or
std::vector<std::shared_ptr<int>> vptr= {std::make_shared<int>(1), std::make_shared<int>(2)};
compilation.
A variant unique_ptr
gives this error message in clang:
In file included from main.cpp:2:
In file included from /usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.0/../../../../include/c++/4.9.0/vector:62:
/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.0/../../../../include/c++/4.9.0/bits/stl_construct.h:75:38: error: call to deleted constructor of 'std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> >'
{ ::new(static_cast<void*>(__p)) _T1(std::forward<_Args>(__args)...); }
^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.0/../../../../include/c++/4.9.0/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:75:8: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'std::_Construct<std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> >, const std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> > &>' requested here
std::_Construct(std::__addressof(*__cur), *__first);
^
/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.0/../../../../include/c++/4.9.0/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:125:2: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'std::__uninitialized_copy<false>::__uninit_copy<const std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> > *, std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> > *>' requested here
__uninit_copy(__first, __last, __result);
^
/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.0/../../../../include/c++/4.9.0/bits/stl_uninitialized.h:278:19: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'std::uninitialized_copy<const std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> > *, std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> > *>' requested here
{ return std::uninitialized_copy(__first, __last, __result); }
^
/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.0/../../../../include/c++/4.9.0/bits/stl_vector.h:1284:11: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'std::__uninitialized_copy_a<const std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> > *, std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> > *, std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> > >' requested here
std::__uninitialized_copy_a(__first, __last,
^
/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.0/../../../../include/c++/4.9.0/bits/stl_vector.h:377:2: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> >, std::allocator<std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> > > >::_M_range_initialize<const std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> > *>' requested here
_M_range_initialize(__l.begin(), __l.end(),
^
main.cpp:10:42: note: in instantiation of member function 'std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> >, std::allocator<std::unique_ptr<int, std::default_delete<int> > > >::vector' requested here
std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int>> vptr = {std::make_unique<int>(1), std::make_unique<int>(2)};
^
/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.9.0/../../../../include/c++/4.9.0/bits/unique_ptr.h:356:7: note: 'unique_ptr' has been explicitly marked deleted here
unique_ptr(const unique_ptr&) = delete;
^
1 error generated.
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The constructor for vector<T>
taking initializer_list<T>
copies the elements from the initializer list into the vector. This does not work when you are dealing with an uncovered type: the construct unique_ptr<T>
prevents copies from being created. This allows traversal, so the assignment works: it make_unique
returns an rvalue for which the compiler knows how to traverse safely.
You will need some kind of initializer_list<T &&>
C constructor , but C ++ doesn't have such a constructor (and even, as dyp points out, the type initializer_list<T &&>
doesn't even work).
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