Move semantics for Any

[bogdan]

I apologize in advance if this issue has been raised before, but I couldn't find any reference to it in the forums.

Shouldn't classes like Any and DynamicAny have move constructors and move assignment operators, now that (as far as I know) move semantics are pretty well supported by the major compilers?

Something along the lines of:

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Any(Any&& other) :
    _content(0)
{
    swap(other);
}


The only problems I can think of regarding this code would be:
-it would obviously need to be enclosed in #ifdefs to select the compilers;
-it could cause heap corruptions if an Any were passed by value across DLL boundaries on Windows, but that's true in the current implementation of the copy constructor as well, so it wouldn't be a new problem.


A more general question would be: what are the plans regarding support for C++11 features in POCO? Again, sorry if this has been discussed before.

Cheers.

[alex]

AFAIK, there is no C++11 code in poco yet. I'd say, when it starts, it will be a major overhaul (e.g. replacement of Poco smart pointers with standard ones, threading, hash map, regex etc). If we get enough manpower, we also have a good shot at Poco becoming part of the standard itself:

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5277

If you are interested in helping, join the effort.

[bogdan]

AFAIK, there is no C++11 code in poco yet. I'd say, when it starts, it will be a major overhaul (e.g. replacement of Poco smart pointers with standard ones, threading, hash map, regex etc). If we get enough manpower, we also have a good shot at Poco becoming part of the standard itself:

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5277

If you are interested in helping, join the effort.

I would very much like to see that happening - both the overhaul and parts of Poco making it into the standard library; even if the latter doesn't happen, the former will definitely be valuable in itself.

I can't make any guarantees in terms of available time, and there are lots of things I still need to learn about Poco before becoming an effective contributor, but, when this effort starts, I'd like to help where I can.