basics/person.hpp

The following code example is taken from the book
C++ Move Semantics - The Complete Guide by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Leanpub, 2020
The code is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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// raw code

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

class Person {
  private:
    std::string name;
  public:
    Person(const char* n)
     : name{n} {
    }

    std::string getName() const {
      return name;
    }

    // print out when we copy or move:
    Person(const Person& p)
     : name{p.name} {
        std::cout << "COPY " << name << '\n';
    }
    Person(Person&& p)
     : name{std::move(p.name)} {
        std::cout << "MOVE " << name << '\n';
    }
    //...
};