Opened 9 years ago
Last modified 8 years ago
#8714 new Feature Requests
Allow move-only handlers
| Reported by: | Owned by: | chris_kohlhoff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milestone: | To Be Determined | Component: | asio |
| Version: | Boost 1.53.0 | Severity: | Problem |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
(See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17211263)
The requirement that handlers be copy constructible doesn't allow for the following idiom:
void connection::send_response()
{
// block until previous response is sent
std::unique_lock<std::mutex> locker(response_mutex_);
// prepare response
response_ = "foo";
// send response back to caller. move the unique_lock into the binder
// to keep the mutex locked until asio is done sending.
asio::async_write(stream_,
asio::const_buffers_1(response_.data(), response_.size()),
std::bind(&connection::response_sent, shared_from_this(),
_1, _2, std::move(locker))
);
}
void connection::response_sent(const boost::system::error_code& err, std::size_t len)
{
if (err) handle_error(err);
// the mutex is unlocked when the binder is destroyed
}
Please remove this restriction, there is no reason for it when using C++11.
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Any progress/discussion on this? There's plenty of reasons to allow move-only constructors, another is to use stackless coroutines with moveable only members, such as a deadline_timer, without having to wrap everything in a shared_ptr, needlessly complicating the code for a coroutine.