Re: std.algorithm move() struct emptying

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 08/29/2010 12:00 PM, Torarin wrote:

Hi,
in std.algorithm move(), this is the operation used to set the source of
a struct move to .init:

   static T empty;
   memcpy(&source, &empty, T.sizeof);

Is there any particular reason why the more compact &T.init is not used?

T.init is not guaranteed to be an lvalue.

Andrei