20 General utilities library [utilities]

20.3 Pairs [pairs]

20.3.1 In general [pairs.general]

The library provides a template for heterogeneous pairs of values. The library also provides a matching function template to simplify their construction and several templates that provide access to pair objects as if they were tuple objects (see [tuple.helper] and [tuple.elem]).

20.3.2 Class template pair [pairs.pair]

// defined in header <utility>

namespace std {
  template <class T1, class T2>
  struct pair {
    typedef T1 first_type;
    typedef T2 second_type;

    T1 first;
    T2 second;
    pair(const pair&) = default;
    pair(pair&&) = default;
    constexpr pair();
    pair(const T1& x, const T2& y);
    template<class U, class V> pair(U&& x, V&& y);
    template<class U, class V> pair(const pair<U, V>& p);
    template<class U, class V> pair(pair<U, V>&& p);
    template <class... Args1, class... Args2>
      pair(piecewise_construct_t,
           tuple<Args1...> first_args, tuple<Args2...> second_args);

    pair& operator=(const pair& p);
    template<class U, class V> pair& operator=(const pair<U, V>& p);
    pair& operator=(pair&& p) noexcept(see below);
    template<class U, class V> pair& operator=(pair<U, V>&& p);

    void swap(pair& p) noexcept(see below);
  };
}

Constructors and member function of pair shall not throw exceptions unless one of the element-wise operations specified to be called for that operation throws an exception.

constexpr pair();

Requires: is_default_constructible<first_type>::value is true and is_default_construct-
ible<second_type>::value is true.

Effects: Value-initializes first and second.

pair(const T1& x, const T2& y);

Requires: is_copy_constructible<first_type>::value is true and is_copy_constructible<second_type>::value is true.

Effects: The constructor initializes first with x and second with y.

template<class U, class V> pair(U&& x, V&& y);

Requires: is_constructible<first_type, U&&>::value is true and is_constructible<second_type, V&&>::value is true.

Effects: The constructor initializes first with std::forward<U>(x) and second with std::forward<V>(y).

Remarks: If U is not implicitly convertible to first_type or V is not implicitly convertible to second_type this constructor shall not participate in overload resolution.

template<class U, class V> pair(const pair<U, V>& p);

Requires: is_constructible<first_type, const U&>::value is true and is_constructible<second_type, const V&>::value is true.

Effects: Initializes members from the corresponding members of the argument.

Remark: This constructor shall not participate in overload resolution unless const U& is implicitly convertible to first_type and const V& is implicitly convertible to second_type.

template<class U, class V> pair(pair<U, V>&& p);

Requires: is_constructible<first_type, U&&>::value is true and is_constructible<second_type, V&&>::value is true.

Effects: The constructor initializes first with std::forward<U>(p.first) and second with std::forward<V>(p.second).

Remark: This constructor shall not participate in overload resolution unless U is implicitly convertible to first_type and V is implicitly convertible to second_type.

template<class... Args1, class... Args2> pair(piecewise_construct_t, tuple<Args1...> first_args, tuple<Args2...> second_args);

Requires: Requires: is_constructible<first_type, Args1&&...>::value is true and is_constructible<second_type, Args2&&...>::value is true.

Effects: The constructor initializes first with arguments of types Args1... obtained by forwarding the elements of first_args and initializes second with arguments of types Args2... obtained by forwarding the elements of second_args. (Here, forwarding an element x of type U within a tuple object means calling std::forward<U>(x).) This form of construction, whereby constructor arguments for first and second are each provided in a separate tuple object, is called piecewise construction.

pair& operator=(const pair& p);

Requires: is_copy_assignable<first_type>::value is true and is_copy_assignable<second_type>::value is true.

Effects: Assigns p.first to first and p.second to second.

Returns: *this.

template<class U, class V> pair& operator=(const pair<U, V>& p);

Requires: is_assignable<first_type&, const U&>::value is true and is_assignable<second_type&, const V&>::value is true.

Effects: Assigns p.first to first and p.second to second.

Returns: *this.

pair& operator=(pair&& p) noexcept(see below);

Remarks: The expression inside noexcept is equivalent to:

is_nothrow_move_assignable<T1>::value &&
is_nothrow_move_assignable<T2>::value

Requires: is_move_assignable<first_type>::value is true and is_move_assignable<second_type>::value is true.

Effects: Assigns to first with std::forward<first_type>(p.first) and to second with
std::forward<second_type>(p.second).

Returns: *this.

template<class U, class V> pair& operator=(pair<U, V>&& p);

Requires: is_assignable<first_type&, U&&>::value is true and is_assignable<second_type&, V&&>::value is true.

Effects: Assigns to first with std::forward<U>(p.first) and to second with
std::forward<V>(p.second).

Returns: *this.

void swap(pair& p) noexcept(see below);

Remarks: The expression inside noexcept is equivalent to:

noexcept(swap(first, p.first)) &&
noexcept(swap(second, p.second))

Requires: first shall be swappable with ([swappable.requirements]) p.first and second shall be swappable with p.second.

Effects: Swaps first with p.first and second with p.second.

20.3.3 Specialized algorithms [pairs.spec]

template <class T1, class T2> bool operator==(const pair<T1, T2>& x, const pair<T1, T2>& y);

Returns: x.first == y.first && x.second == y.second.

template <class T1, class T2> bool operator<(const pair<T1, T2>& x, const pair<T1, T2>& y);

Returns: x.first < y.first || (!(y.first < x.first) && x.second < y.second).

template <class T1, class T2> bool operator!=(const pair<T1, T2>& x, const pair<T1, T2>& y);

Returns: !(x == y)

template <class T1, class T2> bool operator>(const pair<T1, T2>& x, const pair<T1, T2>& y);

Returns: y < x

template <class T1, class T2> bool operator>=(const pair<T1, T2>& x, const pair<T1, T2>& y);

Returns: !(x < y)

template <class T1, class T2> bool operator<=(const pair<T1, T2>& x, const pair<T1, T2>& y);

Returns: !(y < x)

template<class T1, class T2> void swap(pair<T1, T2>& x, pair<T1, T2>& y) noexcept(noexcept(x.swap(y)));

Effects: x.swap(y)

template <class T1, class T2> pair<V1, V2> make_pair(T1&& x, T2&& y);

Returns: pair<V1, V2>(std::forward<T1>(x), std::forward<T2>(y));

where V1 and V2 are determined as follows: Let Ui be decay<Ti>::type for each Ti. Then each Vi is X& if Ui equals reference_wrapper<X>, otherwise Vi is Ui.

Example: In place of:

  return pair<int, double>(5, 3.1415926);   // explicit types

a C++ program may contain:

  return make_pair(5, 3.1415926);           // types are deduced

 — end example ]

20.3.4 Tuple-like access to pair [pair.astuple]

tuple_size<pair<T1, T2> >::value

Returns: Integral constant expression.

Value: 2.

tuple_element<0, pair<T1, T2> >::type

Value: the type T1.

tuple_element<1, pair<T1, T2> >::type

Value: the type T2.

template<size_t I, class T1, class T2> typename tuple_element<I, std::pair<T1, T2> >::type& get(pair<T1, T2>&) noexcept; template<size_t I, class T1, class T2> const typename tuple_element<I, std::pair<T1, T2> >::type& get(const pair<T1, T2>&) noexcept;

Returns: If I == 0 returns p.first; if I == 1 returns p.second; otherwise the program is ill-formed.

template<size_t I, class T1, class T2> typename tuple_element<I, std::pair<T1, T2> >::type&& get(std::pair<T1, T2>&&) noexcept;

Returns: If I == 0 returns std::forward<T1&&>(p.first); if I == 1 returns std::forward<T2&&>(p.second); otherwise the program is ill-formed.

20.3.5 Piecewise construction [pair.piecewise]

struct piecewise_construct_t { }; constexpr piecewise_construct_t piecewise_construct = piecewise_construct_t();

The struct piecewise_construct_t is an empty structure type used as a unique type to disambiguate constructor and function overloading. Specifically, pair has a constructor with piecewise_construct_t as the first argument, immediately followed by two tuple ([tuple]) arguments used for piecewise construction of the elements of the pair object.