1 post tagged #value-semantics.
#value-semantics
PImpl with unique_ptr costs you the special members: hand-written copy operations, a destructor defined where Impl is complete, and const that stops at the pointer. C++26's std::indirect is an indirect value instead of an owning pointer, so it copies deeply and propagates const, and all five special members can be defaulted. GCC 16.1 ships it.
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