Beginning C++ Programming

The rvalue references

C++11 defines a new type of reference, rvalue references. Prior to C++11, there was no way that code (like an assignment operator) could tell if the rvalue passed to it was a temporary object or not. If such a function is passed a reference to an object, then the function has to be careful not to change the reference because this would affect the object it refers to. If the reference is to a temporary object, then the function can do what it likes to the temporary object because the object will not live after the function completes. C++11 allows you to write code specifically for temporary objects, so in the case of the assignment, the operator for temporary objects can just move the data from the temporary into the ...