.. title:: clang-tidy - performance-no-automatic-move
performance-no-automatic-move
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Finds local variables that cannot be automatically moved due to constness.
Under
`certain conditions <https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/return#automatic_move_from_local_variables_and_parameters>`_,
local values are automatically moved out when returning from a function. A
common mistake is to declare local ``lvalue`` variables ``const``, which
prevents the move.
Example `[1] <https://godbolt.org/z/x7SYYA>`_:
.. code-block:: c++
StatusOr<std::vector<int>> Cool() {
std::vector<int> obj = ...;
return obj; // calls StatusOr::StatusOr(std::vector<int>&&)
}
StatusOr<std::vector<int>> NotCool() {
const std::vector<int> obj = ...;
return obj; // calls `StatusOr::StatusOr(const std::vector<int>&)`
}
The former version (``Cool``) should be preferred over the latter (``NotCool``)
as it will avoid allocations and potentially large memory copies.
Semantics
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In the example above, ``StatusOr::StatusOr(T&&)`` have the same semantics as
long as the copy and move constructors for ``T`` have the same semantics. Note
that there is no guarantee that ``S::S(T&&)`` and ``S::S(const T&)`` have the
same semantics for any single ``S``, so we're not providing automated fixes for
this check, and judgement should be exerted when making the suggested changes.
-Wreturn-std-move
-----------------
Another case where the move cannot happen is the following:
.. code-block:: c++
StatusOr<std::vector<int>> Uncool() {
std::vector<int>&& obj = ...;
return obj; // calls `StatusOr::StatusOr(const std::vector<int>&)`
}
In that case the fix is more consensual: just `return std::move(obj)`.
This is handled by the `-Wreturn-std-move` warning.