std::ranges::uninitialized_move_n, std::ranges::uninitialized_move_n_result

Header: <memory>

Let (\scriptsize N)N be ranges::min(count, ranges::distance(ofirst, olast)).

# Declarations

Call signature
template< std::input_iterator I,
no-throw-forward-iterator O, no-throw-sentinel-for<O> S >
requires std::constructible_from<std::iter_value_t<O>,
std::iter_rvalue_reference_t<I>>
uninitialized_move_n_result<I, O>
uninitialized_move_n( I ifirst, std::iter_difference_t<I> count,
O ofirst, S olast );

(since C++20) (constexpr since C++26)

Helper types
template< class I, class O >
using uninitialized_move_n_result = ranges::in_out_result<I, O>;

(since C++20)

# Parameters

# Return value

As described above.

# Notes

An implementation may improve the efficiency of the ranges::uninitialized_move_n, e.g. by using ranges::copy_n, if the value type of the output range is TrivialType.

# Example

#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[]{ "No", "Diagnostic", "Required", };
    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::ranges::uninitialized_move_n(std::begin(in), sz, first, last);
 
            print("after move, in: ", std::begin(in), std::end(in));
            print("after move, out: ", first, last);
 
            std::ranges::destroy(first, last);
        }
        catch (...)
        {
            std::cout << "Exception!\n";
        }
        std::free(out);
    }
}

# Defect reports

DRApplied toBehavior as publishedCorrect behavior
LWG 3870C++20this algorithm might create objects on a const storagekept disallowed

# See also