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std::monostate

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Defined in header <variant>
struct monostate { };
(since C++17)

Unit type intended for use as a well-behaved empty alternative in std::variant. In particular, a variant of non-default-constructible types may list std::monostate as its first alternative: this makes the variant itself default-constructible.

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[edit] Member functions

(constructor)
(implicitly declared)
trivial implicit default/copy/move constructor
(public member function)
(destructor)
(implicitly declared)
trivial implicit destructor
(public member function)
operator=
(implicitly declared)
trivial implicit copy/move assignment
(public member function)

[edit] Non-member functions

std::operator==, !=, <, <=, >, >=, <=>(std::monostate)

constexpr bool operator==( monostate, monostate ) noexcept { return true; }
(1) (since C++17)
(2)
constexpr bool operator!=( monostate, monostate ) noexcept { return false; }

constexpr bool operator< ( monostate, monostate ) noexcept { return false; }
constexpr bool operator> ( monostate, monostate ) noexcept { return false; }
constexpr bool operator<=( monostate, monostate ) noexcept { return true; }

constexpr bool operator>=( monostate, monostate ) noexcept { return true; }
(since C++17)
(until C++20)
constexpr std::strong_ordering operator<=>( monostate, monostate ) noexcept

{
    return std::strong_ordering::equal;

}
(since C++20)

All instances of std::monostate compare equal.

The <, <=, >, >=, and != operators are synthesized from operator<=> and operator== respectively.

(since C++20)

[edit] Helper classes

std::hash<std::monostate>

template <>
struct std::hash<monostate>;
(since C++17)

Specializes the std::hash algorithm for std::monostate.

[edit] Example

#include <cassert>
#include <iostream>
#include <variant>
 
struct S
{
    S(int i) : i(i) {}
    int i;
};
 
int main()
{
    // Without the monostate type this declaration will fail.
    // This is because S is not default-constructible.
    std::variant<std::monostate, S> var;
    assert(var.index() == 0);
 
    try
    {
        std::get<S>(var); // throws! We need to assign a value
    }
    catch(const std::bad_variant_access& e)
    {
        std::cout << e.what() << '\n';
    }
 
    var = 42;
    std::cout << "std::get: " << std::get<S>(var).i << '\n'
              << "std::hash: " << std::hex << std::showbase
              << std::hash<std::monostate>{}(std::monostate{}) << '\n';
}

Possible output:

std::get: wrong index for variant
std::get: 42
std::hash: 0xffffffffffffe19f

[edit] See also

constructs the variant object
(public member function) [edit]