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krona on Nov 8, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: C++ move semantics from scratch (2022)

clang-tidy has a check for this. https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/use-...

MSVC and the Clang static analyzer have a analysis checks for this too. Not sure about GCC.

It's worth remembering though that values can be reinitialized in C++, after move.

DLoupe on Nov 9, 2025 [–]

I think you missed my point. The problem is not lack of guarding against programmer mistakes. It's that the compiler generates unnecessary code.

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