Section: 28.6.2 [re.req] Status: New Submitter: Jonathan Wakely Opened: 2014-09-30 Last modified: 2020-04-16
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Discussion:
The requirements on the traits class in 28.6.2 [re.req] do not say whether a
regular expression traits class is required to be DefaultConstructible,
CopyConstructible, CopyAssignable etc.
std::regex_traits class appears to be all of the above, but can
basic_regex assume that for user-defined traits classes?
Should the following statements all leave u in equivalent states?
X u{v};
X u; u = v;
X u; u.imbue(v.getloc();
Whether they are equivalent has implications for basic_regex copy construction and
assignment.
[2020-04-16, Jonathan adds that 28.6.7.5 [re.regex.locale] requires the traits type to be default-initialized, despite no guarantee that the traits type is default constructible. ]
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