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31 Type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code> is
32 <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/EqualityComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EqualityComparable</span></code></a> whenever <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/EqualityComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EqualityComparable</span></code></a>. Two optional
33 objects containing a value compare in the same as their contained values.
34 The uninitialized state of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code>
35 is treated as a distinct value, equal to itself, and unequal to any value
36 of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>:
38 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">oN</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">;</span>
39 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">o0</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
40 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">o1</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">;</span>
42 <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oN</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="identifier">o0</span><span class="special">);</span>
43 <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o1</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="identifier">oN</span><span class="special">);</span>
44 <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o0</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="identifier">o1</span><span class="special">);</span>
45 <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oN</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">oN</span><span class="special">);</span>
46 <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o0</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">o0</span><span class="special">);</span>
49 The converting constructor from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
50 as well as from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span></code> implies the existence and semantics
51 of the mixed comparison between <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
52 and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code> as
53 well as between <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">none_t</span></code> and
54 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optionl</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code>:
56 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oN</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">);</span>
57 <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o1</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">);</span>
58 <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o0</span> <span class="special">!=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span>
59 <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">oN</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span><span class="special">);</span>
60 <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o0</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">);</span>
63 This mixed comparison has a practical interpretation, which is occasionally
66 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">choice</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">ask_user</span><span class="special">();</span>
67 <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">choice</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">2</span><span class="special">)</span>
68 <span class="identifier">start_procedure_2</span><span class="special">();</span>
71 In the above example, the meaning of the comparison is 'user chose number
72 2'. If user chose nothing, he didn't choose number 2.
75 In case where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code> is
76 compared to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">none</span></code>, it is not
77 required that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> be <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/EqualityComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">EqualityComparable</span></code></a>.
80 In a similar manner, type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code>
81 is <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/LessThanComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">LessThanComparable</span></code></a> whenever <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code> is <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/LessThanComparable.html" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">LessThanComparable</span></code></a>. The optional
82 object containing no value is compared less than any value of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>. To illustrate this, if the default ordering
83 of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">size_t</span></code> is {<code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">1</span></code>,
84 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">2</span></code>, ...}, the default ordering
85 of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span><span class="special">></span></code>
86 is {<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">none</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">0</span></code>,
87 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">1</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="number">2</span></code>,
88 ...}. This order does not have a practical interpretation. The goal is to
89 have any semantically correct default ordering in order for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code> to
90 be usable in ordered associative containers (wherever <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>
94 Mixed relational operators are the only case where the contained value of
95 an optional object can be inspected without the usage of value accessing
96 function (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">*</span></code>,
97 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">value</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">value_or</span></code>).
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