Add Pass(), which implements move semantics, to scoped_ptr, scoped_array, and scoped_ptr_malloc.

base/memory/scoped_ptr.h

 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // Scopers help you manage ownership of a pointer, helping you easily manage the
 // a pointer within a scope, and automatically destroying the pointer at the
 // end of a scope.  There are two main classes you will use, which correspond
 // to the operators new/delete and new[]/delete[].
 //
 // Example usage (scoped_ptr):
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 //     foo.reset();                  // Foo("wee4") destroyed, foo no longer
 //                                   // manages a pointer.
 //   }  // foo wasn't managing a pointer, so nothing was destroyed.
 //
 // Example usage (scoped_array):
 //   {
 //     scoped_array<Foo> foo(new Foo[100]);
 //     foo.get()->Method();  // Foo::Method on the 0th element.
 //     foo[10].Method();     // Foo::Method on the 10th element.
 //   }
+//
+// These scopers also implement part of the functionality of C++11 unique_ptr
+// in that they are "moveable but not copyable."  You can use the scopers in
+// the parameter and return types of functions to signify ownership transfer
+// in to and out of a function.  When calling a function that has a scoper
+// as the argument type, it must be called with the result of an analogous
+// scoper's Pass() function or another funciton that generates a temporary;
+// passing by copy will NOT work.  Here is an example using scoped_ptr:
+//
+//   void TakesOwnership(scoped_ptr<Foo> arg) {
+//     // Do something with arg
+//   }
+//   scoped_ptr<Foo> CreateFoo() {
+//     return scoped_ptr<Foo>(new Foo("new"));
+//   }
+//   scoped_ptr<Foo> PassThru(scoped_ptr<Foo> arg) {
+//     return arg.Pass();
+//   }
+//
+//   {
+//     scoped_ptr<Foo> ptr(new Foo("yay"));  // ptr manages Foo("yay)"
+//     TakesOwnership(ptr.Pass());           // ptr no longer owns Foo("yay").
+//     scoped_ptr<Foo> ptr2 = CreateFoo();   // ptr2 owns the return Foo.
+//     scoped_ptr<Foo> ptr3 =                // ptr3 now owns what was in ptr2.
+//         PassThru(ptr2.Pass());            // ptr2 is correspondly NULL.
+//   }
+//
+// Notice that if you do not call Pass() when retruning from CreateFoo(), or

[darin (slow to review), 2011/12/03 00:25:10]

retruning -> returning

[awong, 2011/12/06 00:02:08]

Done.

+// when invoking TakesOwnership(), the code will not compile because scopers
+// are not copyable; they only implement move semantics based on the Pass()
+// function.
 
 #ifndef BASE_MEMORY_SCOPED_PTR_H_
 #define BASE_MEMORY_SCOPED_PTR_H_
 #pragma once
 
 // This is an implementation designed to match the anticipated future TR2
 // implementation of the scoped_ptr class, and its closely-related brethren,
 // scoped_array, scoped_ptr_malloc.
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
 
+// Macro with the boilerplate C++03 move emulation for a class.
+//
+// In C++11, this is done via r-value references.  Here, we use
+// C++03 move emulation.  For a more detailed explanation, see:
+//
+//   http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/More_C%2B%2B_Idioms/Move_Constructor
+//
+#define CPP_03_MOVE_EMULATION(scoper, field) \
+ private: \
+  struct MoveProxy { \
+    explicit MoveProxy(scoper& obj) : obj_(obj) {} \
+    scoper& obj_; \
+  }; \
+ public: \
+  operator MoveProxy() { return MoveProxy(*this); } \
+  scoper(MoveProxy proxy) : field(proxy.obj_.release()) { } \
+  scoper& operator=(MoveProxy proxy) { \
+    swap(proxy.obj_); \
+    return *this; \
+  } \
+  scoper Pass() { return scoper(MoveProxy(*this)); }
+
 // A scoped_ptr<T> is like a T*, except that the destructor of scoped_ptr<T>
 // automatically deletes the pointer it holds (if any).
 // That is, scoped_ptr<T> owns the T object that it points to.
 // Like a T*, a scoped_ptr<T> may hold either NULL or a pointer to a T object.
 // Also like T*, scoped_ptr<T> is thread-compatible, and once you
 // dereference it, you get the threadsafety guarantees of T.
 //
 // The size of a scoped_ptr is small:
 // sizeof(scoped_ptr<C>) == sizeof(C*)
 template <class C>
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   // The return value is the current pointer held by this object.
   // If this object holds a NULL pointer, the return value is NULL.
   // After this operation, this object will hold a NULL pointer,
   // and will not own the object any more.
   C* release() WARN_UNUSED_RESULT {
     C* retVal = ptr_;
     ptr_ = NULL;
     return retVal;
   }
 
+  CPP_03_MOVE_EMULATION(scoped_ptr, ptr_);
+
  private:
   C* ptr_;
 
   // Forbid comparison of scoped_ptr types.  If C2 != C, it totally doesn't
   // make sense, and if C2 == C, it still doesn't make sense because you should
   // never have the same object owned by two different scoped_ptrs.
   template <class C2> bool operator==(scoped_ptr<C2> const& p2) const;
   template <class C2> bool operator!=(scoped_ptr<C2> const& p2) const;
 
-  // Disallow evil constructors
-  scoped_ptr(const scoped_ptr&);
-  void operator=(const scoped_ptr&);
+  // Disallow evil constructors.  Note that MUST NOT take a const& because we
+  // are implmenting move semantics.  See the CPP_03_MOVE_EMULATION macro.
+  scoped_ptr(scoped_ptr&);
+  void operator=(scoped_ptr&);
 };
 
 // Free functions
 template <class C>
 void swap(scoped_ptr<C>& p1, scoped_ptr<C>& p2) {
   p1.swap(p2);
 }
 
 template <class C>
 bool operator==(C* p1, const scoped_ptr<C>& p2) {
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   // The return value is the current pointer held by this object.
   // If this object holds a NULL pointer, the return value is NULL.
   // After this operation, this object will hold a NULL pointer,
   // and will not own the object any more.
   C* release() WARN_UNUSED_RESULT {
     C* retVal = array_;
     array_ = NULL;
     return retVal;
   }
 
+  CPP_03_MOVE_EMULATION(scoped_array, array_);
+
  private:
   C* array_;
 
   // Forbid comparison of different scoped_array types.
   template <class C2> bool operator==(scoped_array<C2> const& p2) const;
   template <class C2> bool operator!=(scoped_array<C2> const& p2) const;
 
-  // Disallow evil constructors
-  scoped_array(const scoped_array&);
-  void operator=(const scoped_array&);
+  // Disallow evil constructors.  Note that MUST NOT take a const& because we
+  // are implmenting move semantics.  See the CPP_03_MOVE_EMULATION macro.
+  scoped_array(scoped_array&);
+  void operator=(scoped_array&);
 };
 
 // Free functions
 template <class C>
 void swap(scoped_array<C>& p1, scoped_array<C>& p2) {
   p1.swap(p2);
 }
 
 template <class C>
 bool operator==(C* p1, const scoped_array<C>& p2) {
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   // The return value is the current pointer held by this object.
   // If this object holds a NULL pointer, the return value is NULL.
   // After this operation, this object will hold a NULL pointer,
   // and will not own the object any more.
   C* release() WARN_UNUSED_RESULT {
     C* tmp = ptr_;
     ptr_ = NULL;
     return tmp;
   }
 
+  CPP_03_MOVE_EMULATION(scoped_ptr_malloc, ptr_);
+
  private:
   C* ptr_;
 
   // no reason to use these: each scoped_ptr_malloc should have its own object
   template <class C2, class GP>
   bool operator==(scoped_ptr_malloc<C2, GP> const& p) const;
   template <class C2, class GP>
   bool operator!=(scoped_ptr_malloc<C2, GP> const& p) const;
 
-  // Disallow evil constructors
-  scoped_ptr_malloc(const scoped_ptr_malloc&);
-  void operator=(const scoped_ptr_malloc&);
+  // Disallow evil constructors.  Note that MUST NOT take a const& because we
+  // are implmenting move semantics.  See the CPP_03_MOVE_EMULATION macro.
+  scoped_ptr_malloc(scoped_ptr_malloc&);
+  void operator=(scoped_ptr_malloc&);
 };
 
+#undef CPP_03_MOVE_EMULATION
+
 template<class C, class FP> inline
 void swap(scoped_ptr_malloc<C, FP>& a, scoped_ptr_malloc<C, FP>& b) {
   a.swap(b);
 }
 
 template<class C, class FP> inline
 bool operator==(C* p, const scoped_ptr_malloc<C, FP>& b) {
   return p == b.get();
 }
 
 template<class C, class FP> inline
 bool operator!=(C* p, const scoped_ptr_malloc<C, FP>& b) {
   return p != b.get();
 }
 
 #endif  // BASE_MEMORY_SCOPED_PTR_H_