Question

I have a simple class:

class X
{
    std::string S;
    X (const std::string& s) : S(s) { }
};

I’ve read a bit about rvalues lately, and I’ve been wondering, if I should write constructor for X using rvalue, so I would be able do detect temporary objects of std::string type?

I think it should look something like:

X (std::string&& s) : S(s) { }

As to my knowledge, implementation of std::string in compilers supporting C++11 should use it’s move constructor when available.

Answer 1

X (std::string&& s) : S(s) { }

That is not a constructor taking an rvalue, but a constructor taking an rvalue-reference. You should not take rvalue-references in this case. Rather pass by value and then move into the member:

X (std::string s) : S(std::move(s)) { }

The rule of thumb is that if you need to copy, do it in the interface.