std::uninitialized_move

Defined in header `<memory>`
template< class InputIt, class NoThrowForwardIt > NoThrowForwardIt uninitialized_move( InputIt first, InputIt last, NoThrowForwardIt d_first );	(1)	(since C++17)
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt, class NoThrowForwardIt > NoThrowForwardIt uninitialized_move( ExecutionPolicy&& policy, ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last, NoThrowForwardIt d_first );	(2)	(since C++17)

1) Moves elements from the range [first, last) to an uninitialized memory area beginning at d_first as if by

for (; first != last; ++d_first, (void) ++first)
   ::new (/*VOIDIFY*/(*d_first))
      typename std::iterator_traits<NoThrowForwardIt>::value_type(std::move(*first));

where /*VOIDIFY*/(e) is:

static_cast<void*>(std::addressof(e))	(until C++20)
const_cast<void>(static_cast<const volatile void>(std::addressof(e)))	(since C++20)

If an exception is thrown during the initialization, some objects in [first, last) are left in a valid but unspecified state, and the objects already constructed are destroyed in an unspecified order.

2) Same as (1), but executed according to policy. This overload does not participate in overload resolution unless std::is_execution_policy_v<std::decay_t<ExecutionPolicy>> (until C++20) std::is_execution_policy_v<std::remove_cvref_t<ExecutionPolicy>> (since C++20) is true.

Parameters

first, last	-	the range of the elements to move
d_first	-	the beginning of the destination range
policy	-	the execution policy to use. See execution policy for details.
Type requirements
- `InputIt` must meet the requirements of LegacyInputIterator.
- `ForwardIt` must meet the requirements of LegacyForwardIterator.
- `NoThrowForwardIt` must meet the requirements of LegacyForwardIterator.
- No increment, assignment, comparison, or indirection through valid instances of `NoThrowForwardIt` may throw exceptions.

Return value

Iterator to the element past the last element moved.

Complexity

Linear in the distance between first and last.

Exceptions

The overload with a template parameter named ExecutionPolicy reports errors as follows:

If execution of a function invoked as part of the algorithm throws an exception and ExecutionPolicy is one of the standard policies, std::terminate is called. For any other ExecutionPolicy, the behavior is implementation-defined.
If the algorithm fails to allocate memory, std::bad_alloc is thrown.

Possible implementation

template<class InputIt, class NoThrowForwardIt>
NoThrowForwardIt uninitialized_move(InputIt first, InputIt last, NoThrowForwardIt d_first)
{
    using Value = typename std::iterator_traits<NoThrowForwardIt>::value_type;
    NoThrowForwardIt current = d_first;
    try {
        for (; first != last; ++first, (void) ++current) {
            ::new (const_cast<void*>(static_cast<const volatile void*>(
                std::addressof(*current)))) Value(std::move(*first));
        }
        return current;
    } catch (...) {
        std::destroy(d_first, current);
        throw;
    }
}

Example

Run this code

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
 
void print(auto rem, auto first, auto last) {
    for (std::cout << rem; first != last; ++first)
        std::cout << std::quoted(*first) << ' ';
    std::cout << '\n';
}
 
int main() {
    std::string in[] { "Home", "Work!" };
    print("initially, in: ", std::begin(in), std::end(in));
 
    if (
        constexpr auto sz = std::size(in);
        void* out = std::aligned_alloc(alignof(std::string), sizeof(std::string) * sz)
    ) {
        try {
            auto first {static_cast<std::string*>(out)};
            auto last {first + sz};
            std::uninitialized_move(std::begin(in), std::end(in), first);
 
            print("after move, in: ", std::begin(in), std::end(in));
            print("after move, out: ", first, last);
 
            std::destroy(first, last);
        }
        catch (...) {
            std::cout << "Exception!\n";
        }
        std::free(out);
    }
}

Possible output:

initially, in: "Home" "Work!"
after move, in: "" ""
after move, out: "Home" "Work!"

Compiler support
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Feature test macros (C++20)
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Diagnostics library
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Ranges library (C++20)
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Technical specifications
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External libraries

uninitialized_copy	copies a range of objects to an uninitialized area of memory (function template)
uninitialized_move_n (C++17)	moves a number of objects to an uninitialized area of memory (function template)
ranges::uninitialized_move (C++20)	moves a range of objects to an uninitialized area of memory (niebloid)