20 Memory management library [mem]

20.2 Memory [memory]

20.2.8 uses_allocator [allocator.uses]

20.2.8.1 uses_allocator trait [allocator.uses.trait]

20.2.8.2 Uses-allocator construction [allocator.uses.construction]

20.2.8.1 uses_allocator trait [allocator.uses.trait]

template<class T, class Alloc> struct uses_allocator;

Remarks: Automatically detects whether T has a nested allocator_type that is convertible from Alloc.

Meets the Cpp17BinaryTypeTrait requirements ([meta.rqmts]).

The implementation shall provide a definition that is derived from true_type if the qualified-id T::allocator_type is valid and denotes a type ([temp.deduct]) and is_convertible_v<Alloc, T::allocator_type> != false, otherwise it shall be derived from false_type.

A program may specialize this template to derive from true_type for a program-defined type T that does not have a nested allocator_type but nonetheless can be constructed with an allocator where either:

(1.1)
the first argument of a constructor has type allocator_arg_t and the second argument has type Alloc or
(1.2)
the last argument of a constructor has type Alloc.

20.2.8.2 Uses-allocator construction [allocator.uses.construction]

Uses-allocator construction with allocator alloc and constructor arguments args... refers to the construction of an object of type T such that alloc is passed to the constructor of T if T uses an allocator type compatible with alloc.

When applied to the construction of an object of type T, it is equivalent to initializing it with the value of the expression make_obj_using_allocator<T>(alloc, args...), described below.

The following utility functions support three conventions for passing alloc to a constructor:

(2.1)
If T does not use an allocator compatible with alloc, then alloc is ignored.
(2.2)
Otherwise, if T has a constructor invocable as T(allocator_arg, alloc, args...) (leading-allocator convention), then uses-allocator construction chooses this constructor form.
(2.3)
Otherwise, if T has a constructor invocable as T(args..., alloc) (trailing-allocator convention), then uses-allocator construction chooses this constructor form.

The uses_allocator_construction_args function template takes an allocator and argument list and produces (as a tuple) a new argument list matching one of the above conventions.

Additionally, overloads are provided that treat specializations of pair such that uses-allocator construction is applied individually to the first and second data members.

The make_obj_using_allocator and uninitialized_construct_using_allocator function templates apply the modified constructor arguments to construct an object of type T as a return value or in-place, respectively.

[Note 1:

For uses_allocator_construction_args and make_obj_using_allocator, type T is not deduced and must therefore be specified explicitly by the caller.

— end note]

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template<class T, class Alloc, class... Args>
  constexpr auto uses_allocator_construction_args(const Alloc& alloc,
                                                  Args&&... args) noexcept;

Constraints: remove_cv_t<T> is not a specialization of pair.

Returns: A tuple value determined as follows:

(5.1)
If uses_allocator_v<remove_cv_t<T>, Alloc> is false and is_constructible_v<T, Args...> is true, return forward_as_tuple(std::forward<Args>(args)...).
(5.2)
Otherwise, if uses_allocator_v<remove_cv_t<T>, Alloc> is true and is_constructible_v<T, allocator_arg_t, const Alloc&, Args...> is true, return tuple<allocator_arg_t, const Alloc&, Args&&...>( allocator_arg, alloc, std::forward<Args>(args)...)
(5.3)
Otherwise, if uses_allocator_v<remove_cv_t<T>, Alloc> is true and is_constructible_v<T, Args..., const Alloc&> is true, return forward_as_tuple(std::forward<Args>(args)..., alloc).
(5.4)
Otherwise, the program is ill-formed.

[Note 2:

This definition prevents a silent failure to pass the allocator to a constructor of a type for which uses_allocator_v<T, Alloc> is true.

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template<class T, class Alloc, class Tuple1, class Tuple2>
  constexpr auto uses_allocator_construction_args(const Alloc& alloc, piecewise_construct_t,
                                                  Tuple1&& x, Tuple2&& y) noexcept;

Let T1 be T::first_type.

Let T2 be T::second_type.