When compiling with Clang 3.9.1 or GCC 6.3.0, throwing movable but not copyable objects seems to work fine:
struct MovableNonCopyable {
MovableNonCopyable();
~MovableNonCopyable();
MovableNonCopyable(MovableNonCopyable &&);
MovableNonCopyable(MovableNonCopyable const &) = delete;
MovableNonCopyable & operator=(MovableNonCopyable &&);
MovableNonCopyable & operator=(MovableNonCopyable const &) = delete;
};
void f() { throw MovableNonCopyable(); }
But throwing copied, but not movable objects, such as:
struct CopyableNonMovable {
CopyableNonMovable();
~CopyableNonMovable();
CopyableNonMovable(CopyableNonMovable &&) = delete;
CopyableNonMovable(CopyableNonMovable const &);
CopyableNonMovable & operator=(CopyableNonMovable &&) = delete;
CopyableNonMovable & operator=(CopyableNonMovable const &);
};
void g() { throw CopyableNonMovable(); }
instead, causes a compilation error, for example:
test.cpp: In function 'void g()':
test.cpp:21:41: error: use of deleted function 'CopyableNonMovable::CopyableNonMovable(CopyableNonMovable&&)'
void g() { throw CopyableNonMovable(); }
^
test.cpp:15:9: note: declared here
CopyableNonMovable(CopyableNonMovable &&) = delete;
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Why is this? According to [except.throw # 5] , it should be the other way around, i.e. Copy constructor should be available.
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