std::piecewise_construct_t

Defined in header <utility>

1	`struct` `piecewise_construct_t { };`

(since C++11)

std::piecewise_construct_t is an empty struct tag type used to disambiguate between different functions that take two tuple arguments.

The overloads that do not use std::piecewise_construct_t assume that each tuple argument becomes the element of a pair. The overloads that use std::piecewise_construct_t assume that each tuple argument is used to construct, piecewise, a new object of specified type, which will become the element of the pair.

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <utility>
#include <tuple>
  
struct Foo {
    Foo(std::tuple<int, float>) 
    {
        std::cout << "Constructed a Foo from a tuple\n";
    }
    Foo(int, float) 
    {
        std::cout << "Constructed a Foo from an int and a float\n";
    }
};
  
int main()
{
    std::tuple<int, float> t(1, 3.14);
    std::pair<Foo, Foo> p1(t, t);
    std::pair<Foo, Foo> p2(std::piecewise_construct, t, t);
}

Output:

Constructed a Foo from a tuple
Constructed a Foo from a tuple
Constructed a Foo from an int and a float
Constructed a Foo from an int and a float

piecewise_construct (C++11)	an object of type `piecewise_construct_t` used to disambiguate functions for piecewise construction (constant)
(constructor)	constructs new pair (public member function of `std::pair`)

std::piecewise_construct_t

Example

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