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drake_copyable.h File Reference

Detailed Description

Provides careful macros to selectively enable or disable the special member functions for copy-construction, copy-assignment, move-construction, and move-assignment.

http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/member_functions#Special_member_functions

When enabled via these macros, the = default implementation is provided. Code that needs custom copy or move functions should not use these macros.

Macros

#define DRAKE_NO_COPY_NO_MOVE_NO_ASSIGN(Classname)
 DRAKE_NO_COPY_NO_MOVE_NO_ASSIGN deletes the special member functions for copy-construction, copy-assignment, move-construction, and move-assignment. More...
 
#define DRAKE_DEFAULT_COPY_AND_MOVE_AND_ASSIGN(Classname)
 DRAKE_DEFAULT_COPY_AND_MOVE_AND_ASSIGN defaults the special member functions for copy-construction, copy-assignment, move-construction, and move-assignment. More...
 

Macro Definition Documentation

◆ DRAKE_DEFAULT_COPY_AND_MOVE_AND_ASSIGN

#define DRAKE_DEFAULT_COPY_AND_MOVE_AND_ASSIGN (   Classname)
Value:
Classname(const Classname&) = default; \
Classname& operator=(const Classname&) = default; \
Classname(Classname&&) = default; \
Classname& operator=(Classname&&) = default; \
/* Fails at compile-time if copy-assign doesn't compile. */ \
/* Note that we do not test the copy-ctor here, because */ \
/* it will not exist when Classname is abstract. */ \
static void DrakeDefaultCopyAndMoveAndAssign_DoAssign( \
Classname* a, const Classname& b) { *a = b; } \
static_assert( \
&DrakeDefaultCopyAndMoveAndAssign_DoAssign == \
&DrakeDefaultCopyAndMoveAndAssign_DoAssign, \
"This assertion is never false; its only purpose is to " \
"generate 'use of deleted function: operator=' errors " \
"when Classname is a template.");

DRAKE_DEFAULT_COPY_AND_MOVE_AND_ASSIGN defaults the special member functions for copy-construction, copy-assignment, move-construction, and move-assignment.

This macro should be used only when copy-construction and copy-assignment defaults are well-formed. Note that the defaulted move functions could conceivably still be ill-formed, in which case they will effectively not be declared or used – but because the copy constructor exists the type will still be MoveConstructible. Drake's Doxygen is customized to render the functions in detail, with appropriate comments. Typically, you should invoke this macro in the public section of the class declaration, e.g.:

class Foo {
 public:
  DRAKE_DEFAULT_COPY_AND_MOVE_AND_ASSIGN(Foo)
  // ...
};

However, if Foo has a virtual destructor (i.e., is subclassable), then typically you should use either DRAKE_NO_COPY_NO_MOVE_NO_ASSIGN in the public section or else DRAKE_DEFAULT_COPY_AND_MOVE_AND_ASSIGN in the protected section, to prevent object slicing.

The macro contains a built-in self-check that copy-assignment is well-formed. This self-check proves that the Classname is CopyConstructible, CopyAssignable, MoveConstructible, and MoveAssignable (in all but the most arcane cases where a member of the Classname is somehow CopyAssignable but not CopyConstructible). Therefore, classes that use this macro typically will not need to have any unit tests that check for the presence nor correctness of these functions.

However, the self-check does not provide any checks of the runtime efficiency of the functions. If it is important for performance that the move functions actually move (instead of making a copy), then you should consider capturing that in a unit test.

◆ DRAKE_NO_COPY_NO_MOVE_NO_ASSIGN

#define DRAKE_NO_COPY_NO_MOVE_NO_ASSIGN (   Classname)
Value:
Classname(const Classname&) = delete; \
void operator=(const Classname&) = delete; \
Classname(Classname&&) = delete; \
void operator=(Classname&&) = delete;

DRAKE_NO_COPY_NO_MOVE_NO_ASSIGN deletes the special member functions for copy-construction, copy-assignment, move-construction, and move-assignment.

Drake's Doxygen is customized to render the deletions in detail, with appropriate comments. Invoke this macro in the public section of the class declaration, e.g.:

class Foo {
 public:
  DRAKE_NO_COPY_NO_MOVE_NO_ASSIGN(Foo)
  // ...
};